Personal Narrative Essay PowerPoint
Personal Narrative Essay PowerPoint
Personal Narrative Essay PowerPoint
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<strong>Personal</strong> <strong>Narrative</strong> <strong>Essay</strong><br />
“…where you, the writer, has the right to say whatever you want<br />
about your own personal experiences!”
Very Little Mystery<br />
There is no “perfect topic” for a personal narrative essay<br />
You can write about anything that shows how the past or<br />
the significance of a memory affects the present or future<br />
There are endless opportunities to write about your<br />
personal point of view of what happened.<br />
The purpose of the <strong>Personal</strong> <strong>Narrative</strong> <strong>Essay</strong> is very<br />
specific: the writer is searching for meaning, universal<br />
truth, or a lesson learned from the experience being<br />
described.
Purpose of PNE<br />
The purpose of the <strong>Personal</strong> <strong>Narrative</strong> <strong>Essay</strong> is very specific:<br />
the writer is searching for meaning, universal truth, or a lesson<br />
learned from the experience being described.<br />
<strong>Personal</strong> narrative essays are non-fiction stories that are neatly<br />
arranged like a road map that takes the reader from point A to<br />
point B to point C.<br />
Your job, as the writer, is to pull together all the elements of<br />
your experience so they bring the reader to the universal truth,<br />
the lesson learned or insight gained in your experience<br />
(theme)
Let Your Theme SHINE!<br />
Revise, revise, revise!-Each time you revise your essay, more<br />
details about your story will be revealed to you, making your<br />
theme more evident.<br />
Arrange your events in a chronological sequence that leads to<br />
your ah-ha (epiphany).<br />
Strive to reach your ah-ha (epiphany) moment because once<br />
you do, dramatic improvement will show in future revisions.<br />
Think of examples that will better illustrate your ah-ha by<br />
using figurative language, sensory details, precise parts of<br />
speech and other types of descriptive language. Keep the Six<br />
Traits of Writing in mind and use the Five Brushstrokes to<br />
help you fluently paint your picture.
How to Get Started<br />
Choose a theme: What is the universal truth? Lesson learned?<br />
Insight gained?<br />
Choose an aha! (epiphany): What did you suddenly realize as<br />
a result of this experience? Describe the emotions you had<br />
during this experience to your readers. Make sure they can<br />
really feel it.<br />
Write “I” on a blank sheet of paper. “I” empowers you to tell<br />
your story. (I saw, I did, I went, I cried, I screamed, I took for<br />
granted etc)<br />
Tell the story as it flows from your mind. Get it all out first!
Oh no! I’m stuck!<br />
Don’t panic!<br />
Stop writing! Don’t force it!<br />
Read other essays! Surround yourself with excellent<br />
essays!<br />
Get feedback!<br />
Go back to working on your essay!
The Five Prompts…<br />
1. What matters to me most…<br />
2. I wonder…<br />
3. What makes a great teacher?<br />
4. Choose three significant events and their effect on your life<br />
5. Have you ever been bullied, been a bully, or witnessed<br />
bullying? How did this affect you?<br />
Which one did you pick? Please take it out and place it on your<br />
desk.
How to reach your aha!<br />
Ask yourself the following questions:<br />
1. What is the one thing you know and how do you know it?<br />
2. What have you done and what has that shown you?<br />
3. What have you seen and what do you think about it?<br />
4. Where are you now and how did you get there?<br />
5. What is one thing you think and what has led you to think<br />
that?<br />
6. What is one thing you believe and how did that belief evolve?
PNE Paragraphs<br />
Introduction<br />
Body (think of how many paragraphs you’ll need)<br />
Conclusion
Introduction<br />
(9-11 sentences)<br />
Definition-the first paragraph of your essay that is<br />
supposed to grab the attention of your reader.<br />
Tell your reader about the subject you’re going to discuss.<br />
Avoid revealing too many details in this paragraph.<br />
Inform the reader about your theme and your experience<br />
Give reasons why the story you are sharing is significant
Body<br />
Tell the story of your thinking through your structure.<br />
Example:<br />
What I used to think but this happened so now I think<br />
So, you will have one paragraph about each box, in sequential order of<br />
course:<br />
Paragraph #1: What I used to think<br />
Paragraph #2: but this happened<br />
Paragraph #3: so now I think
Conclusion<br />
Brings the essay to a close<br />
Wrap-up by summarizing the essay, rhetorical question<br />
or plans for the future<br />
Remind readers of the theme<br />
Leave your readers with a feeling that they need to sit<br />
back and think about what you brought up<br />
Leave readers with a surprise, an intense emotion or<br />
even a twist ending!
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