Narrative Writing: An Autobiographical Incident

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Narrative WritingAn Autobiographical Incident

• By
• J. Thompson

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What is narrative writing?

• It tells a story.
• It has the elements of a short story
• -Character
• - Plot
• -Setting
• - Theme

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What is narrative writing?(Continued)

• It has a beginning, middle, and end.
• It tells the order in which events take place.
• It is told from a particular
• point of view.

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What is an autobiographical incident?

• It is a type of narrative writing.
• It tells a story about an event in a persons
  life.
• It is written from events in the persons memory.
• It expresses the persons thoughts and feelings.

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Can you predict the outcome of a story?The Day
That Wasnt

• My alarm clock went off, and I jumped out of
  bed. I had set it the night before to make sure
  that I wouldnt oversleep. Boy, was I excited!
  This was the first day of school, and I couldnt
  wait to go back! I was anxious to see my old
  friends and to show off my new school clothes.
• I took a shower and got dressed. I put on my
  new Wilson Melissa shoes, my Angel shirt, and
  my new Mudd jeans. Then, I brushed my teeth,
  combed my hair, and put on my jewelry. I checked
  myself out in the floor length mirror. Nice, I
  said to myself.I gathered all of my school
  supplies-binder,paper, pencils, pens, single
  subject notebooks-and put them in my book bag.

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The Day That Wasnt(Continued)

• Finally, I went downstairs to eat breakfast.
  I only wanted a bowl of cereal and a glass of
  juice.I was too excited to eat anything else.
  When I went into the kitchen with my book bag on
  my back, my mom had a strange look on her face.
• (At this time, I will ask my classmates to
  predict the outcome of this story. After they
  make their predictions, I will read the rest of
  the story.)

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Works Cited

• Kinneary, James and John Warriner. Elements of
  Writing. Texas Holt, Rinehart, and Winston,
  1998.
• I obtained information about narrative writing.
• Royster, Joyce and Mark Lester,. Writers Choice.
  New York Glencoe/McGrawHill, 1996.
• I obtained information about narrative writing.
• http//dgl.microsoft.com/
• I retrieved clip art form this website.
• http//www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1437/narr.htm
  l
• I retrieved information about narrative writing
  from this website.