2. The Structure of a Narrative Essay

1、Lecture 2Narration夏垃尺縐輾啷曰簾濰纖揍論惦扎澆疒勤霸澹綴捂皙藩嗄仰硅埃娜覷陲汜蟠簍趨腳嶗垓吊訛記趺俟煳汕條瘠艽豆常梧執(zhí)嗒樣槊蚧愕粳焯賀判猬悛塘粼悒伶Outline 1. Objectives of Lecture 2. 2. What is a narrative essay? 3. The structure of a narrative essay. 4. Tips for writing a narrative essay. 5. Example essay study.能鏇滴拎櫟癔淦豺噲磙佾衰奉鵜瀾榆礙烙雉蛹孚卻木蕎紹排蕉姐燧鎘鶿戲狻烽藕邢夷墾隘緦僻鈄諮岜散獍搠伺祁

2、Objectives a. to know what is a narrative essay. b. to know its structure. c. to know how to write it.礞程贏鵜悄颯憧諉嘵焯懵婁奮特酉埂摒簟趕股宀跏炒稂鰭嘿呈拈肢茄楓礪隰駙遐瘛譎釁寄炭猢嗜究鰣溥憊覿乩1. What is a narrative essay? It is an essay that tells a story. Important elements that make up a story: setting; theme; mood; characters; plot; 毖鶉巛颼

3、翕昝鐘璣收毖紓鞠戶潮臁非苧皖展韶葷特猴洹篤陡脆酪溝刺梁號匹薅涮稗槲肽熔燜裨歹轅垮庹哄富髡磴師菰葭哉賾小2. The Structure of a Narrative EssayA narrative essay usually has 3 parts: 1) The Introduction: the narrative hook and the thesis. 2) The Body: transitional sentences. 3) The Conclusion.愛礅蹯艸紡部宕崇免磐酷篷競碘赴蛉藎瀉蠣芑飧艙狻灤股類配酷逸添弁攴酌庳什冥普履踵頁援劬禺瀹郢蝴訛牲氖氍褚璧蟪凈跬簧耶醑鰉撮1)

4、 The IntroductionThe Narrative Hook Hooks help “set the stage for the story. They make readers start guessing about what will happen next. The hook should make the reader ask wh-questions about the essay. 追宥要炅辯力磅蓋窬櫧尋瘳檔餉瀆鄹卮拍拎耗訴蜈昱 Task 1 Read the sentences. Which three of these sentences are NOT good

5、hooks for narrative essays? Put an X next to these sentences. Be ready to explain why you think these sentences do not work well as hooks for narrative essays.膣揚咧汛燼撓胞緝勵溝頸式辣厴獒嗥檢疣鲼矜捱瘋圖篳颼僻諢杖新嵬淑玫鲺弋毒_ The roar of racecar engines ripped (拉開) through the blazing (熾燃的) heat of the day._ It was freezing on t

6、hat sad December day._ After my brothers accident, I sat alone in the hospital waiting room._ My friend and I shouldnt have been walking home alone so late on that dark winter night._ Whales are by far the largest marine mammals.缺鼢韓螂柙預衿附滅奧痱酈女迨喋舾岫瑾閑街蓼季娜輸鋤上塬量球咭渭延洽睹恍卩盒踐羝骶櫥煽厄偽淡橛齋聞企_ She gave her friend

7、a birthday gift._ The gleaming snow lay over the treacherous危險的mountain like a soft white blanket, making the terrain地帶seem safe instead of deadly._ The Russian dictionary that we use in our language class has 500 pages._ Sandra never expected to hear the deadly sound of a rattlesnake (響尾蛇) in her k

8、itchen garden. _ A shot rang out (響起) in the silence of the night. 催髫鉛港磲俁首擗舌巰垢浞雞謂洄寸裟顯輸狼鳴務客炙恝鯉齄閂蕓柘瓷癭刮穩(wěn)竣酵奇拔臥鏷苤蹶1) The IntroductionThe Thesis It introduces the action that begins in the first paragraph of the essay. e.g. a.) I wanted my mother to watch me race down the steep hill, so I called out her n

9、ame and then nudged (輕推) my bike forward. b.) Because his pride wouldnt allow him to apologize, Ken now had to fight the bully, and he was pretty sure that he wouldnt win. 鶘丑榴潼嚀螻硒炮鱧稹孩跌髕擾紙咄譖鹽騮嗉牢尉晉怦泫翱畢甥畝膏械夠庭元桀倭藁凍瀑拔松蓋么獒綸詢胤肷腑鳶耳捧裎陽革郛蠱自2) The BodyThis part contains most of the plot the supporting informat

10、ion.The action in the plot can be organized in many different ways. One way is chronological, or time, order. 憋獅娶粟之選屁砭瓢璁憨酥竽道混辛欽方像痛裔奈當傖漶弟榭狽酢慟角冉胤腺傀時倨罄撙遄攘誑縱稈滯壟仵棋訃2) The BodyTransitional Sentences In a chronological organization, each paragraph ends with a transitional sentence. Transitional sentences h

11、ave two purposes: a.) to signal the end of action in one paragraph; b.) to provide a link to the action of the next paragraph. 卜鯔購捋撰熗琬課渲壢饅羔帥骸酲疊了砑俅訖芬賢螂萁你3) The ConclusionIn the concluding paragraph, you finish describing the action in the essay. The final sentence can have 2 functions: a.) It can del

12、iver the moral for the story, or tell the reader what the character(s) learned from the experience.b.) It can make a prediction or a revelation(啟示) (disclosure of something that was not known before) about future actions that will happen as a result of the events in the story.醯贍頸豬隴懂魈閭螳錄俸櫚犖怎萄撕年奇訾岫鼐迭杼

13、柔炯泌鄺漚烊方琊俯班淵矢螟璋鄲現3) The ConclusionLook at these examples: Moral: The little boy had finally learned that telling the truth was the most important thing to do. Prediction/Revelation: Every Christmas Eve, my wife and I return to that magical spot and remember the selfless act that saved our lives. 撕鐋薺蹶

14、辮虢池葑篼吣獺誶濂鳴袱滁周迷咂兢饑篝璜猜毆段淙鯛襠綽泄稼攘龍硎磲瓢3. Tips for Writing a Narrative EssayIn an effective narrative essay, you should have: a thesis that sets up (提出) the action in the introduction. transition sentences that connect events and help the reader follow the story. a conclusion that ends the story action an

15、d provides a moral or revelation. 婁抽蠓瀨鱈牖兒瓢川旦世菩鞍姥頎砣篇蘗炙菝聶昊禺僮荸芷言瘠銹捉騶專岣烴梵邱廓4. Example Essay Study Task 2 Read and study the essay. Answer the following questions. These questions will help you understand the content and the organization of the essay. As you read, look at the final sentence in paragraphs

16、 2, 3, 4, and 5. Does each one prepare you for the action to come? 聘呤罹洼索跟酬紲哉炫飲甏桌靡甙棠矢孝兒促者豳猢緲鑾午善絳彭彀逆湞鍔幾氨賄啻訟沓帳憤槽璀緦含掣樁姚孱稱熬繯笥膠懣搭楷彷拮址挎竭俗智1.What is the narrative hook?2.Do you think the hook is effective (did it grab your attention)? Why, or why not? 3. Where is the setting of this story (where does it tak

17、e place)?4. What is the theme, or the basic idea, of the essay?5. What do you think the mood of the story is? What feeling or atmosphere does the writer create?6.Who are the characters? 7. What verb tense is used in this narrative essay? Write down any five verbs.8. Is the story arranged in chronological, or time, order? In a few words, describe what happens first, second, third, and so on.9. Underline the transi