Narrative Essay Brainstorm
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Name:London Parker
Date:March 23, 2022
Prompt →
Write a story about a person who moves to a new place. Include details about who or what your character misses most and about the surprises they find in the new place.
Who are your characters?
List at least 2 names and use 2 adjectives to describe each character.
Character 1: Elllie
Describe them: Quiet and nice
Character 2: Elliot
Describe them: Cautious and brave
exposition
Setting
Where is your main character originally from? Jacksonville Florida Briefly describe their hometown and how they felt about it? Jacksonville is a lot of fun and has a lot of beaches to enjoy. And most of all they miss their family.
2. Where is your character moving to? Pensacola, Florida. How do they feel about moving? They are moving because of Dad’s job and they have no family there and they don’t know anyone.
exposition
What point of view will you tell your story from? Choose one POV and change the font color to red.
First person point of view?
The main character is also the narrator.
Third person limited point of view?
The narrator is not a character in the story. The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of the main character.
Third person omniscient point of view.
The narrator is not a character in the story. The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story.
exposition
Event 1:
Event 2:
Event 3:
Rising Actions
Conflict
What is the problem in your narrative? What gets in the way of what the character(s) want?
conflict
Event 1:
Event 2:
Falling Actions
Resolution
How does the conflict get resolved? How does your main character cope with their move to a new place?
conclusion