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In the composition class, the first writing we are going to deal with is Narrative writng. Proffessor Nielsen offered some gists of it and guided us to go forward.

The opening of the writing: introduction

1. The “Hook” – Start with something that catches your reader’s attention and makes the audience be engages in or intrigues them.

2. Set the Scene - Provide information the reader will need to understand the story. Start to tell a story.

Think of the following questions:

Who are the major characters?

When and where is it taking place?

Is this a story about something that happened to you (the first person point of view) or someone else?

3. Thesis Statement – the soul or spirit of the story 

Think of the following questions

what is the story going to tell to the audience or what does the author want to say to his/her audience?

what's the moral meaning? 

Identify a theme that connects the story to a universal experience

main paragraph - BODY 

1. “Show, Don’t Tell” – practice your descriptive writing. Good story telling includes details and descriptions that help the reader understand what the writer experienced.

2. "Supporting Evidence" – your experience acts as the evidence that proves your thesis.  The events of the story should demonstrate the lesson, the moral, or the significance of the event to you.

3. "Passage of Time" – Write about events chronologically, from beginning to end.  You may choose to write events sequentially.

some transaction words: next, finally, during, after, when, and later

4. "Transitions" – just like you are film a movie, a new paragraph marks a change in the action of the story, or a move from action to reflection. However, you can't just change the scene casually, paragraphs should connect to one another. 

notice 

Thematic – transition with the same subject

Repetition – ideas and/or words

Verb Tense – Often narratives are told in the past tense, but the reflecting may be in the present.

CONCLUSION : WHAT'S THE MAIN POINT OF THE STORY? WHY YOU TELL THE STORY? 

The Moral of the Story – the conclusion SHOULD include the closing action of the event, and some reflection or analysis of the significance of the writer.

think of the following questions

What lesson did you learn?

How has what happened to you affected your life now?

Does this “lesson” tie back to your thesis and your opening ideas?