Narrative Descriptive Essay

Narrative-Descriptive Essay Revision and Editing

Revision • Answer the following questions on paper: – Who is in the story? – Who speaks in the story? – Where does the story take place? – When does the story take place? – What is the story about? – Why/what about the story is worthwhile?

Editing • Include 5 vocabulary words from the units we’ve studied – Put (vocab) after the word

• No fragments – If you use one for style, put * at the end of it and at the end of the paper, say this was an intentional fragment

• No run-ons

…continued… • No comma splices • Adequate dialogue – New paragraph per speaker

• Double space between each paragraph • Use active voice verbs • Keep verb tense consistent • No sentence starting with “It” • No sentence starting with “There”

…continued… • Create three literary techniques from the glossary and identify them as follows: – …sleeps is a rock…(metaphor)

• Include one example of each sentence pattern from Sentence Patterns - Compound Sentence lecture • Avoid repetitive sentence beginnings unless for emphasis