Personal Narratives

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Personal Narratives
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A story about yourself
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Its not your wholelife story, but an event in
your life that is memorable.
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The reason that you remember certain parts of
your life is because they make you feel something
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Happy
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Sad
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Proud
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Nervous
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Scared
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Excited
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Embarrassed
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To start your Personal Narrative,choose an event
in your life that caused you to feel some type of
emotion.
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Next, make a timeline of that event.
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Choose the most exciting part in your timeline.
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This will be your Exploded Moment.
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Your Personal Narrative should look like a snake
that ate a rat!
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Skinny in the beginning and endFat in the middle
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Introduction

• Hook
• Who
• When
• Where

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Body

• Exploded moment in chronological order
• Simile

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Conclusion

• Tell how that moment made you feel.
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• Tell what you learned from the experience.