Narrative Writing: An Autobiographical Incident

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Narrative WritingAn Autobiographical Incident

• By
• J. Thompson/T. Campbell

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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 autobiographical writing?

• It tells the story of an event, period, or person
  in the writers life. By writing
  autobiographically, you can share part of your
  life with others.

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What does an autobiographical writing include?

• The writer as a character in the story
• A lead, or opening paragraph, that catches a
  readers interest
• True events presented in clear, logical order
• A central conflict, or problem, that the writer
  or another person has to resolve

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Types of Autobiographical Writing

• Autobiographical incidents, which are also called
  personal narratives, tell stories of specific
  events in your life
• Autobiographical narratives, or sketches, tell of
  periods or groups of events in your life. They
  include your thoughts and insights about the
  time.
• Reflective essays recount an experience and give
  your thoughts on its meaning.
• Memoirs are true stories of your relationship
  with a particular person, place, animal, or
  thing.

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What is an autobiographical incident?

• It is a type of narrative writing, also called a
  personal narrative.
• 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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Autobiography in Everyday Life

• Every day, you probably tell other people about
  events in your life. You might tell a friend
  about something funny your dog did. You might
  write a letter to a grandparent about a book you
  liked. In fact, a big part of life is the stories
  we tell of it.
• When you write autobiographically, you tell a
  story from your life. Developing strong
  autobiographical writing skills can help you
  share your life with others and enrich your own
  experience.

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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.
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