A personal narrative is a story that allows a writer to share in depth details about ONE event from his or her life. This event can be happy, sad, life changing, or memorable. When you think back on your life, what events stand out for you? Was it the day you hit a home-run in your t-ball game? Was it the day you met your future spouse? Was it your favorite family vacation? Choose one memory from your life history to share in a personal narrative paragraph. As you write your narrative and tell your story, use very specific details so that your readers almost feel like they were there with you experiencing this event.
Getting Started
Use the questions below to help you begin the writing process. Think about incorporating each of these points as you tell your story. Your narrative should be one paragraph in length. Think about telling your story with a beginning, middle, and an end! Make sure your posts are at least 100 words. That is the minimum you can post for a satisfactory score.
- Answer WHO was involved in your story.
- Answer WHAT happened in your story.
- Answer WHEN your story happened.
- Answer WHERE your story took place.
- Answer WHY this was an important experience in your life.
- Answer HOW the people in the story felt.
