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3 (b) Write a narrative about a journey you make on your own for the first time. for 350 words
Please write your chosen question number here 2(a), 2(b), 3(a) or 3(b) :-
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Hey guys, well I'm almost at the end of my first solo travel trip and I'd thought I'd share my experience with you seeing I've got no one else to talk about it with as I'm solo haha!
I've been travelling round the USA and Canada solo for about 4 weeks now (I started with family but they had to leave). I'm a female at 21, this is the first time I've been away from home and had to be independent which seems pretty nerve wracking but I ended up adapting so quickly to it as I had no other choice. I've always been a loner, introvert type, so I'm completely fine with my own company. A lot of people were surprised when I said I was travelling alone, as ive always been such a shy and petite girl so it's great just to show them what I can do, and its absolutely trebled my confidence!
I stayed in hostels, where I learnt it was so easy to meet new people. At the start of my trip I was really eager to meet new people, but now I'm at the end of my trip, I couldn't care less? It's like I've got so used to being on my own. Please tell me I'm not the only one that feels this way because I feel so antisocial?
Travelling solo as a female definitely has its pros and con's. But if I had the choice I still would of travelled solo as its helped improve my confidence so much. The downsides are carrying your heavy luggage, and night time. Night time sucks if you're on your own because its too dangerous to be outside, so you're just sat al
A narrative essay tells a story. In fact, narrative is another word for story. In this unit, you will
learn how to organize and write a narrative essay. Even though the narrative essay has the same basic
form as most other academic essays, it allows the writer to be a little more creative than academic
essays usually do. Narratives can tell long stories or just a few minutes’ worth of excitement. While the
narrative essay has a particular structure, narrative ideas are often used in different writing tasks, such
as argument or compare-contrast.
Structure of a Story
Several important elements make up a good story:
Setting The setting is the location where the action in a story takes place.
Theme The theme is the basic idea of the story. Very often the theme will deal with a topic
that is common in life or human nature, such as independence, envy, courage,
failure, and success.
Mood The mood is the feeling or atmosphere that the writer creates for the story. It
could be happy, hopeful, suspenseful, or scary. Both the setting and descriptive
vocabulary create the mood in a narrative.
Characters The characters are the people in the story. They are affected by the mood of the
story, and they react to the events in which they are involved.
Plot The plot is what happens in the story, that is, the sequence of events. The plot
often includes a climax or turning point at which the characters or events change.
Just like other types of essays, an effective narrative essay also includes these elements:
• a thesis that sets up the action in the introduction
• transition sentences that connect events and help the reader follow the story
• a conclusion that ends the story action and provides a moral, prediction, or revelation
The Introduction
The introduction of a narrative essay is the paragraph that begins your story. In the
introduction, you describe the setting, introduce the characters, and prepare your audience for the
action to come. Of course, the introduction should have a hook and a thesis.
The Narrative Hook
You learned in Unit 1 that the hook in an essay is the part of the introduction—usually the first
few sentences—that grabs readers’ attention. Hooks are especially important in narrative essays because
they help set the stage for the story. The hook makes readers start guessing about what will happen next.
Let’s look at the hook from Essay 8 that you will read in Activity 2.
I had never been more anxious in my life. I had just spent the last three endless hours trying
to get to the airport so that I could travel home.
Does this hook make you want to know what happened to the narrator? The hook should make
the reader ask wh- questions about the essay. You may have thought of questions like these when you
read the preceding hook:
• Who is the narrator and why is he or she anxious?
• Where is the airport?
• What made the trip to the airport seem endless?
• Why is this person going home?