Lesson two
- 2. ? Purpose The narrative paragraph tells about one main incident or happening. The author brings the incident to life so the reader shares the experience. It should be written in logical order. It describes what a person does over a period of time. Narrative paragraph are also often used to describe routines.
- 3. How to write the narrative paragraph ? Have a topic sentence that arouses the reader¡¯s interest. You can describe a scene or introduce characters. ?Build your paragraph around one main incident. Here is where your action takes place. ?Write the even in the order that it occurred. Do not skip around. Your ending should satisfy your reader¡¯s expectations. Bring your paragraph to a close. Signal Words and Phrases ? Next, than, while, after, first, as, before, second and etc. ? After while, a little later, at the same time, during the morning, later that night.
- 4. Daily activities use present tenses Every Saturday morning, I get up at eight o¡¯ clock. Immediately cook breakfast and my daughter and my wife and I usually have breakfast together. I usually go shopping. My daughter and my wife usually go to the park to have some fun with the other children in our neighborhood. After I do shopping, I come home and my wife and I clean the house. My wife then cooks lunch while my daughter plays in her room and then we eat together. After lunch, we sometimes go shopping. If we don¡¯t go shopping, we often go to country side for a nice walk. We often get home quite late and have a small dinner. We usually watch a film on TV and then go to bed at about eleven o¡¯clock.
- 5. Reference: ?Halira vonti, Lungguh.2009. Writing 2 Compilation. Bogor: Pakuan University