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1、SomeWritingSkillsfortheBeginning,middleandendPartsofacompositionNarration:Thepurposeofnarrativewritingistotellastorythatillustratesacentralidea.Forstudents,narrativewritingis,perhaps,theeasiesttypeofwritingbecausethecentralideaandsupportinginformationcomefromtheirownexperience.Butyous
2、oondiscoverthatitisonethingtotellastoryandquiteanothertotellastorywell.Inchoosingasubject,thewritercanaskhimselfseveralquestions:WhatdoIfeelthatothersdonotseemtounderstand?Whathashappenedtoshapemyattitude?HowdidIcometofeelthisway?WhydoIdothingsthatothersdonotdo?Wasthereaspecificeventt
3、hatchangedmydirection?Thethesissentenceneedstopresentboththesubject(yourexperience)andtheattitude(theimportanceofyourexperience.)Forexample:SUBJECTATTITUDEDiscoveringreadingcangivemefreedomDisobeyingarulecanbedisastrousFulfillingadreamcanbedisappointingOncethecontrollingideaisestablis
4、hed,itonlyneedstobeputintoaninterestingsentence:1.Sincemyfamilywasverypoor,Iwasinamiserablehouseinanevenmoremiserablevillagewithlittlechanceofescape---untilIdiscoveredreading.2.IbelieveinindependenceandIbelievein”beingone’sownman,”butIlearnedlastyearthatdisobeyingarule,evenaruleonedoe
5、sn’tbelievein,canbedisastrous.3.Theysay“Gettingthereishalfthefun,”butsometimesgettingthereisallthefunthere’sgoingtobe:thisIdiscoveredwhen,afteryearsofsaving,Isetofftofulfillmylife’sdream.Innarrativewritingtheintroductionneedsto(1)getthereaders’attentionandmakethemwanttoreadtheessay,(2
6、)narrowthetopicbyexplainingwhattheessaywilldiscuss,(3)letthereaderknowwhytheauthorconsidersthetopicimportant,and(4)setthetoneoftheessay.Forexample,anintroductiontoanessayaboutbreakingrulesmaywanttotalkaboutpeopleinhistorywhohavebrokenrules:JesusChristbroketherulesoftheRomanEmpire.Mart
7、inLutherbroketherulesoftheRomanCatholicChurch.MahatmaGandhibroketherulesoftheBritishEmpire.MartinLutherKingbroketherulesofthesegregatedSouth.Heroesall,theybroketherules.Andbydoingso,theybroughtgoodtolargegroupsofpeople.Buttheypaiddearlyforbreakingtherules.Oritmaywanttotreattheissueofr
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