narrator (n) - the person who is telling a story
we tell our own story -
short story - paragraph
"My Macy's Nightmare" p163
Topic sentence - lost NYC
-events of the story
voice? first person "I" "me" "my" "our"
descriptive paragraph
-events organized according to chronological, TIME
Concluding sentence
usually, narrative is the most comfortable kind of writing for people, natural to us, we like to tell stories, like to hear stories
"Friday Night Fiasco"
Topic sentence -
-events organized by TIME, first person "I"
Concluding sentence
long story - essay
essay - multi-paragraph writing,
"In an essay, describe..."
"In paragraphs, explain..."
"In a multi-paragraph essay, compare ..."
"fear of public speaking" p161
longer piece of writing, telling a longer story
broken the writing into several paragraphs
short essay - divide into three sections
1. Introduction paragraph (3-4 sentences)
2. Body - 1,2,3,4 paragraphs in the body, tells the story
3. Concluding paragraph - to wrap up the story
Begin with a Grabber
Then give
topic sentence - paragraph
thesis statement -essay
Grabber - an attention getting device
1. anecdote
2. question
3. fact, statistic
4. quotation
5. history
6. idiom, expression
Are you afraid of speaking in public? So am I.
I never thought I could do it, but I finally conquered my fear of public speaking.
Fear of public speaking is one of the most common phobias among all of us. I understand this because I used to be terrfied of talking publicly. I never thought I could do it, but I finally conquered my fear of public speaking.
Body - break the story up into 2,3,4 short paragraphs
- telling the story, focused on the story
- natural break between paragraphs, usually related to TIME
IF WE TO CREATE ONE
Concluding paragraph -
What lessons was learned?
What was the purpose of the story?
What was the reason behind it?
What was she trying to teach us?
- not be afraid, don't have to be afraid
- work hard - practice the speech, prepare, train, rehearse, review
Paragraph or essay?
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