Narration/ composition II

Narration paragraph

DEFINITION OF NARRATION

To narrative is to tell a story that explains what happened, when it happened, and who was involved.

Examples:

• A news report: How a man was rescued from icy flood waters or how a brave whistle blower risked her career and perhaps her life to expose an employer’s harmful practices.

• We read a bedtime story to a child.
• In a college paper on campus drugs use.
• In an e-mail or letter.

Note:

Every narrative should have a clear point.

It should reveal what you want your reader to learn or take away from the story.

SAMPLE PARAGRAPH

TRANSITIONAL EXPRESSIONS

Transitional expressions can help tie ideas together. Moreover, They also help your narrative flow from one paragraph or idea to the other. Try out a few in your paper. Be sure that any transition you use makes sense.

Trasitional Expressions

After subsequently at first As soon as first it began Before second Next once Initially

Now later on at the end When in the beginning at last Immediately after a while Meanwhile Later Etc...

SUGGESTED TOPICS

SUGGESTED TOPICS FOR NARRATIVE PARAGRAPHS

1. Your best job interview
2. An important family story
3. An experience in a new country
4. A serious choice or decision
5. A turning point (personal, academic, professional)
6. How you developed a carrear skill
7. An embarrasing moment.

QUESTIONS

1-Transitional expressions can help tie ideas together? T F 2-We collected orange,white, and brown shells of all diferent shapes and sizes. Is this an example of? A- Topic sentence B- Body sentences C- Ending sentences 3-The narrative paragraph is what convinces someone that their viewpoints are correct? T F 4- Is the word '' LATER ON'' a transitional expression? T F