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1. WRITING
COMPOSITION
Writing a narrative essay

2. Energizer

4. Motivation

6. WHAT IS NARRATIVE
ESSAY???

7. Narrative Essay
A narrative essay is a story written
about a personal experience. Writing a narrative
essay provides an opportunity to get to know and
understand yourself better. One of the best ways
to reveal who you are is to write about how you
became aware of something, gained a new way of
seeing the world, a new insight.

8. While such awareness
can occur for apparently
unexplainable reasons, it most often happens when
you encounter new ideas or have experiences that
change you in some way. During the process of
writing a narrative, you will learn ways to articulate
personal experience to inform and entertain others.

9. Narratives provide human interest, spark our
curiosity, and draw us close to the storyteller.

10. In addition, narratives can do the
following:
■ Create a sense of shared history, linking people
together.
■ Provide entertainment.

11. ■Provide
psychological
healing.
■Provide insight.

12. Characteri
stics of
narrative
essay

13. A Good Narrative Essay
■ involves
readers in the
story.

14. A Good Narrative Essay
■ relates
events in
sequence.

15. A Good Narrative Essay
■Includes
detailed
observations of
people, places,
and events

16. A Good Narrative Essay
■ presents
important
changes,
contrasts, or
conflicts and
creates tension.

17. A Good Narrative Essay
■is told from a
point of view--
usually the
author's point
of view.

18. A Good Narrative Essay
makes a point,
communicates a
main idea or
dominant
impression.

19. STRUCTURE OF
NARRATIVE ESSAY

20. Introduction
■ The Hook
introductory part that
catches the attention of
the readers.
■ Thesis Statement
Thesis statement the overall theme of the essay. It can be
slightly different role with the other essay as it can be the
opening sentence or offer a moral lesson learned.

21. Body OfThe Paragraph
■ Show, Don’tTell
■ Supporting Evidence
■ Passage ofTime
■ Transitions

22. Conclusion
■The Moral of the Story/ Summary