Writing a Narrative Essay

What is a narrative?

• A story

• A biography

• A research project

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What is the purpose of a narrative?

• To persuade readers

• To tell a story

• To describe characters

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It is a good idea to "hook" reader at the beginning of the story.

• False

• True

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A narrative must have characters.

• True

• False

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You have read the passage adapted from “The First Night at Sea,” which focuses on the narrator’s first night aboard a sailboat on a two-year journey. Write a continuation of the passage that describes what happens next. Be sure to use what you have learned about the setting, characters, and plot of the passage.

Which type of writing is the prompt asking you to do?

• Narrative

• Informative

• Argumentative

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CCSS.RI.7.10

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You have read the passage “Taco Head,” a story about a student who struggles with their identity and culture during lunch at school. Write an alternative ending about the narrated events in the story to show how the main character stands up to their bullies. Provide key details and examples from the passage to support your writing. Which type of writing is the prompt asking you to do?

• Argumentative

• Informative

• Narrative

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an essay that includes a story about a personal experience told from the author or narrator's perspective

• argumentative

• persausive

• informative

• narrative

A piece of writing that describes an incident and includes a personal response to and reflection on the event.

• Fiction

• Narrative

• Nonfiction

• Memoir

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A ________ writing develops a real or imagined experience or event.

• narrative

• informational

• opinion

Personal narratives are usually written with a:

• First-person point of view

• Second-person point of view

• Third-person point of view

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