October 13, 2014

 

Narrative Essay

      We studied the narrative essay last week. Many of you did wonderfully after the revising. There were jumps in scores from a 2 to a 4! As E.B. White wrote, " There is no great writing, only great rewriting."

       If you follow the basic rule of narrative writing, which is, "Show. Don't tell." , you will have an effective story. To be able to apply it, you need to have strategies of making your writing irresistible.

Some strategies are 1) the use of dialogue, 2) the employment of active verbs, 3) the application of precise words, 4) reactions (thoughts and feelings), 5) quote, 6) sensory images, and 7) describing a character.

      The conclusion can end with a lesson, insight, or change in your attitudes.

Grammar

       We covered many rules about sentences like the structures of simple, compound, and complex sentences.

        Coordinating conjunctions for, and , nor, but, or, yet, so (FANBOYS), are used in compound sentences.

        Subordinating conjunctions although, as, after, while, when, unless, until, before, because,if, since (AAAWWUUBBIS) are used for complex sentences plus the relative pronouns who, whose,whom, which, what as well as the pronoun/conjunction that.

         There were comma rules involved.