TASK 2 WRITING : NARRATIVE PARAGRAPH

A. WRITING: NARRATIVE PARAGRAPH

A narrative paragraph tells a story. Something happens first, second, third, etc. Of course, narrative paragraphs are used in fiction as a writer describes the unfolding of events, but they are also found when describing any actual sequence of activity.

Because narrative paragraphs resemble fiction (an untrue story), you have a little more freedom to write the story in the style you prefer. This is known as artistic freedom or artistic license. You can use the first person narrative style and include words that clearly refer to you (I, me, my, mine, etc.), or you can try to tell the story from a purely objective point of view that is not personal, but gives a straight-forward, factual account of what happened.

If your teacher asks you to write about a personal experience, try to tell it by using the first person. This is the easiest style in which to write something. You might choose something that you remember well, or something that changed you life. Teachers who work with a large number of foreign-born students often ask them to write about the time they first arrived in the United States. That's a good assignment because it allows you to write in the first person and the details in this kind of paragraph are likely to be very vivid. Here's an example

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The topic sentence in this paragraph is the first sentence, I remember when I first arrived in the United States. The supporting sentences that follow should be about this experience and how it is still remembered. The concluding sentence in this kind of a paragraph would lead to the action in the next paragraph--if there is one.