Narration

?3.How to write?construct a topic sentence?use the first person point of view?present your personal experiencein chronological order?select detailsthat serve your purpose?connectthe details by transitions

?p.s. ordinary experiences are the beat sources for personal narratives

Narration --Major types of point of

view

Point of view---the perspective(观点)

The firstperson point of view

I

Observer or participant

subjective

The thirdperson point of view

He, she, theyObserverobjective

Narration

the objective/dramatic —只叙述故事,不描写心理

The thirdperson point of viewthe limited omniscient(=all

knowing)/limited —仅描写其中一个角色心理

the omniscient —所有

Narration --Effective sentences--action and active verbs

?TIPS?replace the verbs be with an action verbs??

don’t overuse the pattern—there + beuse the active voice