NP

• Narrative paragraph


  Tells a story or relates an event usually in chronological order, with a beginning, middle, and end
• Narrative paragraph


  • Often describes events from the writer's life
  • Commonly found in fiction books and movies
• Topic sentence


  The first sentence that gives background information about the action that is going to happen in the story
• Structure of a narrative paragraph


  1. Topic sentence

  2. Supporting sentences (presenting the action with beginning, middle, and end)

  3. Concluding sentence (giving an opinion about the story)
• Narrative paragraph


  • I never thought I could do it, but I finally conquered my fear of public speaking.
  • My Macy's Nightmare
• Every narrative paragraph has a beginning, middle, and an end
• When telling a story, writers usually use the past tense
• Consistency in verb tense means that all the verbs are in the same tense
• Writers should be careful not to switch tenses when writing a narrative paragraph