HOW TO WRITE A NARRATIVE ESSAY THAT BRINGS DISTINCTION

Narrative Essay is a complete account of a story, an event or incident which the writer experienced or witnessed.  A narrative essays is one that requires you to narrate an event, tell a story or to relate how an incident happened. Narrative essays can come in form of article-writing for publication or a mere straight away narration to a specific audience.

   HOW TO WRITE A NARRATIVE ESSAY THAT BRINGS DISTINCTION 

(i) Content

• a. Narrate events which are believable, credible and possible; you should make your story appear true.

• (b) You are expected to narrate the events in relevant details so as to give examiner an insight into the events you are narrating.

• (c) Be concerned with the incident or event, the persons involved and the time and place, when and where the incident happened.

(ii) Organization

• (a) Write your narrative essay in a lively manner by opening up your essay in separate and interesting opening paragraph (introduction) and end it with an equally interesting concluding paragraph.

• (b) Your paragraphs should be properly developed and linked.

• (c)You will be awarded a good mark if you could present incidents in your essay in a chronological order and rime sequence; that is, in order in which the incidents in.your narration occur one after the other.

(iii) Expression

• (a) You are expected to use language.that is chatty and informal.

• (b) There should be a mixture.of short and long sentences, though short sentences may predominate.

• (c) Past tense is the normal tense in a narrative. Your tenses should be in past tense, past.progressive aspect and past perfective aspect.

• (d)Your language should have a.quality of a first-hand experience and reflect your awareness of the presence of your audience.