2.  A true story written about one's self.  It can be embellished.

3.  Only several seconds to a few minutes of time passes from the beginning of the story to the end of the story.  Think of slow motion.

4.  First Person

5.  The speaker

6.  The second part of the narrative prompt will ask something like: "why or how it was meaningful to me" or "what did I learn from it" etc. The extension be woven throughout my story or expressed in the ending. The extension can be stated or implied (higher level).

7.  Details added to the story that describe taste, touch, see, smell, and hear.  Ex. The blue waves crashed on the shiny, jagged rock.

8.  Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.  Onomatopoeia  Hyperbole  Simile  Metaphor  Oxymoron  Idiom  Imagery

9.  Action words that create a picture in the reader's mind.

10.  Past tense  It's a story that has already happened.

11. Plot Diagram (roller coaster or magic mountain)