Your narrative essay will tell a story, an anecdote. You've read a number of examples of these types of anecdotes-- stories that draw from personal experience. These anecdotes have conflict, and some resolution of that conflict. They use descriptive writing techniques including showing language and dialogue.
What are some of your stories-- what anecdotes do you have to use as possible storylines (that you can embellish)? List a number of stories you might tell. Post the list as a response.
Take a few moments to pick the one you'd like to expand on, and reply to your own posting. In your reply, note at least 2-3 conflicts you could develop.
ice breaker ;)
ReplyDeletebeer bottles?
sporting goods hide & seek ;/
oops it's snowing?
traffic cones suck
traffic cones suck:
DeleteThe blizzard took off, my windshield had a blanket of sleet over it. We were driving on us-6 west the 60 mph was strongly cautioned against. In a matter of seconds the car in front of us started to swerve.
icebreaker:
"Come on', everyone is on the ice!". The ice gave out. The 5 of us lunged backwards. I fell in.
Fights
ReplyDeleteNot belonging
Meeting parents first time
Road trips
Jumping fences
Sporting events
false accusations
Not wanting to fight but being jumped and having to make a choice to fight or reason it out.
DeleteNot belonging in a public place even because you're the only person of color walking around and getting judge for being brave
Meeting parents of your boy/girl friend for the first time and semi apprehensive atmosphere that is there.
Running my half marathon
ReplyDeleteHitting a mailbox with my car
Having an Asthma Attack on a hike
Trying to find the bathroom in Venice, Italy
Deep sea fishing
Deep Sea Fishing
DeleteMotion Sickness
The battle with the fish
Cold/Windy/ Harsh rain weather
Repeating the year
ReplyDeleteThinking I my race was White
Break up
Riding Canyon Roller Coaster in Glenwood Springs
Riding a Car for the first time
Riding Canyon Roller Coaster in Glenwood Springs
DeleteWe where in Glenwood and we just noticed the roller coaster up at a hill. It was a spontabous adventure just waiting to happen. I was with my best friend Savannah, my father, and my roommate Jenna. Savannah is terfide of heights and to get to the coster we needed to take iron mountain tramway. Its a small box young to a caple talking 4 people up the mountain. The small stickers explain hard jerks and swings. Once we get there we ask for tickets and the tender gives me my father and Jenna to sign a waver . I just turned 18 and I felt this independence and stress to know no one was responsible if something were to happen.
Wind in the air and dark clouds in the distance. After the ride it was raining
Deleteidea 1: running
ReplyDeleteidea 2: 1000 years-metaphor
idea 3: colossus -metaphor
idea 4: mountain storm
cant think of 5th idea
Idea 4: Mountain storm
Deleteconflict: man v. self, man v. nature
ominous storm, mountains, canyon, river, fear, broken content, uncertainty, boulders, ferbie, lightning strikes, heavy rain, broken down semi.
Crashing my car
ReplyDeleteFreshmen Year
Disney trip
Missing dogs
Babysitting disaster
Disney Trip:
DeleteStuck in traffic, plane is supposed to leave in an hour, security line is long, flight is delayed due to weather, flight cancelled due to weather, stuck at DIA over night, new flight takes us to Florida, get on wrong bus to go to hotel, bus breaks down, brother wonders off at Disney.
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Delete1. concentration camps
ReplyDelete2. my dog getting its head ran over
3. aliens wanting to take water from earth
4. Miss Colombia wanting to get revenge on Steve Harvey
5. Demons vs. angels
4. Miss Colombia
Delete-Announces Colombia as Miss universe, ends up being Miss Philippine.
-His smile irritates him
-Sneaking into Steve's house, and suing him for 1 million dollars.
3. aliens invading earth
-NASA saw something headed to earth.
Being chased by cops for trespassing.
ReplyDeleteReleased a Rottweiler by breaking its fence with a soccer ball.
Broke my moms plate sets while moving.
Stranded in New Mexico
Being chases by cops for trespassing:
DeleteTrespassing private apartments
Damaging private property
Out of all 3 of my friends I didn't get caught
The struggle to escape
Camping and hiking
ReplyDeleteElitches
Photography 101
Biking over water
lost in hiking
camping and hiking
DeleteFox show up
Lost while hiking
ran out of clean water
List of possible stories:
ReplyDeleteStung by a jellyfish
Wisdom teeth high (anesthesia)
Fell off of a canoe
Ran from security for going into a wrong building
Rode a motorcycle for the first time
Conflicts:
Delete-went to the hospital/ pain.
-started seeing things/ had no control.
-saw a huge fish and the bottom of the river was endless.
-run forest run. escaped to the beach at night.
-almost crash into another a car.
Almost crashing into a fence jumping bike off of big hill
ReplyDeleteParanormal experience
Hide and seek in the dark with neighborhood kids
Freshman year tornado lock down
Car accident that almost killed me
Delete1.Camping with a murderer/bear
ReplyDelete2.Lost in the desert
3.Winning a wrestling tournament
4.throwing a sword through my brother.
5.having to eat someone else to live.
4.The person was an intruder who began chasing me throughout the house with the sword.realizing he had a gun. Getting hurt
Delete5.Being forced to for survival by your friend. The other person being another friend. You are in the desert or the tundra.
lost in Paris
ReplyDeleteDevious cake-pops
Late night park adventures in Spain
The unknown neighborhood
Crunchmas...
Crunchmas...
Lost in paris: getting on the wrong bus and ending up in a different city... trying to get back before dinner.
DeletePhones aren't working so we can't contact adults
Not as fluent in french as I thought I was- no communication
The large sum of money to get back
The city ATM was broken
pretended to be deaf, overheard drug deal
ReplyDeletemet boyfriends doppelganger
broke my chemistry teacher
stranded in mexico
first bloody nose
culture shock
first day of new school
meeting
stranded in mexico:
Deleteonly american money
fear of getting robbed
broken spanish
alone, no cell service
bribed bus driver
Trip to Puerto Rico
ReplyDeleteThe Hill
Boxing
One more chance
But Did You Die?
1. lost at the airport
ReplyDelete2. Car accident
3. Coming to United States
4. Learning how to drive
5. first day in high school
Coming to United States:
Delete- separated from parents
- sinking boat
- shark attack
- security checks
- Didn't know the language
- unable to swim
1. Stuck in traffic
ReplyDelete2. ER experience
3. Injured in the mountains
ER Nurse first day of work. Experiences different cultured patients. Messes up several times. Gets blood all over her and experience gross situations Gets in trouble by doctor.