Based upon your research and information gathered in previous assignments, write a narrative about why your community is important to you and what makes it a community for you. Describe interesting things that have been happening in your current community and how those things and/or people around you have significantly impacted your life recently.
Review the 4 Types of Narrative Writing and choose the best style for you to write your narrative. Keep your reader in mind – who are you writing this narrative for? Who would be interested in the story you have to tell and what is the moral that your reader can learn by reading your narrative?
This is a story – choose an event or circumstance that you’ve observed in your community, why it was important, and what you’ve learned from it or how it’s improved your life (the moral of the story).
Your narrative should include the narrative components – Plot, characters, conflict, and theme. Use the guidelines below to write your narrative.
Submit a WORD document only (links, PDFs, and text submissions will receive a zero and will not be regraded).
- Your narrative outline must have received prior approval or points will be deducted from your final essay.
- There should be a creative title for your paper - not just Narrative Essay.
- MLA format is required and include any sources you may have used.
- Double spaced, 12 point, Times New Roman with the correct header and heading information – review the MLA resources provided
- Make sure to review the rubric for the grading criteria.
- TWO FULL page minimum (500 words, not including the header, heading, title and work cited page if applicable) – essays that do not meet the required minimum word count will receive a deduction in grade.
GUIDELINES
Introduction (at least 5-6 sentences)
___Your introduction should be about five to six sentences long (including your thesis).
___The hook should grab the reader’s attention with an interesting or surprising fact.
___The background should tell the history of what happened before the “action” of the narrative.
___The thesis sentence should prepare the reader for the main action, hinting at the moral of the story, but doesn’t tell the whole story.
Body Paragraphs (at least 15 sentences – five sentences each paragraph minimum)
___The first body paragraph – the situation paragraph – describes the when, where, what happens in the story and why the main event is happening, step by step.
___The second body paragraph – the rising action – is the main events leading to the climax.
___The third body paragraph – the climax – is the main action – the surprise or the height of the action.
Conclusion (at 5-6 sentences)
___The concluding paragraph will tell the reader what happened after the main event, what lesson the writer (you) learned from the experience, and how the writer’s life has changed because of it – the moral of the story.
Grammar and Mechanics
___ No glaring grammar mistakes (fragments, agreement issues, verb tense shifts, run-ons, comma splices, wordiness, awkward sentence structures, no comma errors or punctuation errors, misspelled, no grammar and mechanics related errors)
___ Mature vocabulary, diction, and syntax are evident.
___ Sentence structure shows control and some variety
Audience and Tone
___ Academic papers require the use of formal language.
___ Avoid slang language (no text message language) unless it’s important to the narrative.
___It’s acceptable to use the first-person point of view (I), or the second person point of view (you).
Works Cited Page
___A works cited page is required if you used an outside source – including an interview.
NOTE:
Be aware that when you submit your essay, your document will be automatically checked for plagiarism. Word document required. Links and PDFs are not accepted and will receive a zero.
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