1. PERSONAL NARRATIVE REVIEW

3. REWATCH the video about PERSONAL NARRATIVES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjqpZbYe6 xA

5.  INTRODUCTION – engage your reader with a hook!  Establish the SETTING and MOOD= atmosphere  Remember the STRUCTURE of a short story : exposition, rising action, climax, falling…, resolution  With careful and selective word choices, convey your TONE = your attitude toward your topic  Write with your own VOICE – it sounds like YOU!

6.  FOCUS on one situation and tell it completely, so we can know it as deeply as possible.  Choose and develop your DETAILS [ 5 senses ].  Use DIALOGUE to develop character / move the plot along  Have an end PURPOSE or lesson in mind  Use FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: metaphors, similes, hyperboles, personification, etc…

7. AVOID  Clichés – “ Her cheeks were like roses.” "The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot."  Aphorisms – “The early bird gets the worm.”  Euphemisms – “ He passed away quietly in the night.” Idioms – “ He had money coming out of his ears!”