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Narrative Essay

How to write a Narrative Essay

Outline for Narrative essay: Structure (Introduction, body, conclusion paragraphs)


Narrative essay outline
A narrative essay classically consists out of three major parts: Introduction, Body and Conclusion
 As a narrative essay is dramatically different from other types of essays it has a rather unique, narrative form of the body which in
any kind of narrative essay should include the setting of the story plot, a climax and the end of the story.

 Introduction
 Body
1. Setting
2. Climax
3. Ending

 Conclusion

The body can have direct or reverse chronology (go from start to end of the story of in the reverse order).
Narrative essay structure
    Any narrative essay is a story which is told to reveal a certain experience and point of view of its author. The author should
make a strong point throughout the story and prove it at the end.

 Introduction (The essay should be written in first person or third person. It is very good to start the introduction part
with some sort of quote or a strong statement which will grab the reader attention and reveal the point, the true essence
of the story told. The thesis statement needs to be in the introduction as it will give a special meaning to the story and
will help the reader to “tune in” to the author’s mind).

: Thesis Statement 

 Examples of thesis statement for an Narrative essay
 Writing a thesis statement of a narrative essay reveals the authors ability to share something important with the reader
without mentioning excessive unnecessary details focusing only on the main message of the narrative essay. A good
thesis statement of a narrative essay should focus on the lesson that the author has learned from some kind of
experiences that influenced him in the past. In other words, the thesis statement should contain a message which needs
to be delivered to the reader with the goal of teaching him something important. The thesis statement of a narrative
essay shows the real reason the author is sharing his story with the reader. Correspondingly, the thesis statement needs
to be written before the narrative essay itself to make sure the author does not move aside the topic of the essay. As a
narrative essay is a personal essay correspondingly its thesis statement is always the reflection of the personal experience
of the author.
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 My life after a Car Accident.
Thesis statement: I am thankful for everything that has happened to me in my life after the car accident.
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One Last Chance for a Dream.
Thesis statement: Meeting my best friend has changed my life to believe again in my dream to be writer.
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My family is my strength.
Thesis statement: My family gives me the inspiration throughout my illness with depression .
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A Different Graduation Party.
Thesis statement: I had one of the best graduation party with my family in a far island.

 Body

1. Setting (It is basically the beginning of the plot. It gets the reader acquainted with the main characters of the
story and its main circumstances. All the details are to be very precise to make the reader involved in the story.
The reader needs to feel and see whatever the author has felt and has seen. The author does not simply
describe the story, but he actually recreates it for the reader).
2. Climax (It is the top point of the story’s plot, a breaking point of the story. The language of the narrative essay
in general and it climax in particular needs to be very vivid. The author needs to use a lot of literature adjectives
to make the climax “alive”. The author makes a deep accent on the climax part of the story).
3. Ending (It is the end of the story’s plot. It resolves the conflict of the plot revealing the author’s message).

 Conclusion (Here the author does not only express his position clearly but he also proves it to the reader. The conclusion
provides the reader with the writer’s profound understanding of the plot he analyzes in the paragraphs above. The last
line of the narrative essay is as important as its first line. So, the author may finish with a quote or a strong statement
which will make the story’s point transparent to the reader).

Who? What ? When? Where? Why?


Introduction

Event 1 Event 2 Event 3


Body

.Use your five senses to end your essay

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