Personal Narrative: The Creation Of A Little World

Growing up with a father in the military, you move around a lot more than you would like to. I was born just east of St. Louis in a city called Shiloh in Illinois. When I was two years old my dad got the assignment to move to Hawaii. We spent seven great years in Hawaii, we had one of the greatest churches I have ever been to name New Hope. New Hope was a lot like Olivet's atmosphere, the people were always friendly and there always something to keep someone busy. I used to dance at church, I did hip-hop and interpretive dance, but you could never tell that from the way I look now.

I, Deputy Gough received a call reference a white Ford truck driving in the Gamester trailer court all over the roadway. Upon my arrival I spoke with David Vore and Jennifer Vore. Jennifer Stated that Randy was the driver of the white Ford truck that said, “All Good Construction.” David and Jennifer both stated that they saw the truck drive through the yard hitting a slow child at play sign and the stop sign.

This past year, I have been apart of Naperville Central’s brand new Special Spaces club. When my friend approached me and asked me to join, I agreed even though I had no clue what I was involving myself in. In retrospective, I can honestly say that becoming a part of Special Spaces has been one of the most meaningful, fun, and fulfilling experiences I have had in high school.

In story telling the details are important. In a good story, details are used to grab the reader and help them feel what the characters are experiencing to make it more engaging for the reader. But, both can be used in the story to make it better in different ways.

The details of a story’s plot can reveal the thoughts, questions, and emotions of an author's work and is essential to creating an authentic experience for the reader. “Those of us who are serious readers or writers are apt to share a certain guilty feeling about reading an engrossing novel if indeed we can find one.” Diane Johnson Firstly, the tone which is the way the author expresses his/her perspective and is fundamental to a successful plot often reveals the author’s emotions. Things that enhance the tone in writing are imagery, vivid descriptions and lively context. These elements can determine whether the reader will experience, fear, anxiety or suspense, etc., Secondly, strong, dramatic, realist and meaningful vocabulary is crucial

I think the story tells the purpose of the story by details, and things that happen. The purpose of the story is to show us that when something is new, or strange we either get interested, scared, or

Why are stories truly so important to us? Is it because they are way to simply pass the time or maybe something more than that? For myself, stories are incredibly important because they are a way to escape from reality for a while. Stories can take you to new, unexpected places as well as open the imagination of an individual. Coming home from a long and stressful day at work can be alleviated by reading and engaging your mind on such

because it gives the reader a day by day look into what the narrator is thinking. This really helps

A Utopia should be a place where everyone feels safe, a place where there is no hatred, no crime , no discouragement, disapproval, or judgement. Everyone should be equal. No one should have to be put into a catagory depending on their popularity, their wealth, their race or even their looks. Everyone has their role and no one should be considered not important. Everyone is truly happy. This is how I want my Utopia to be.

All stories have a theme. The theme will tell you what the Character or Characters learned at the end. Sometimes a stories theme is really obvious and sometimes it is very hard to find. But the theme is probably the most important thing in a story. And without the theme the story is probably really boring.

For a great short story the most important key element is the plot because it is what moves the story along and makes you want to turn the page. The plot creates intrigue in the reader, what will happen next? The plot can connect you to a character through shared experiences, it brings out the setting when things happen in it, and it reveals the theme, therefore it is best to emphasize the plot because it also brings out the other three things. The plot makes a story strong. An example of this is in Agatha Christie's “And Then There Were None” where ten people are tricked onto an island and trapped there, then one of them secretly starts to kill the others one by one. The plot develops and the suspense builds and everyone is on the edge of

By writing experiences down, authors are not only able to relive the feeling for themselves, but they are also able to take their readers into another world. This is true of fiction, too. Authors are able to create a story in their head and tell it to readers just as they imagined. Reading takes audiences into worlds they would never otherwise see and teach them about it.

The plot is also main idea of the story. If you didn’t have a plot just like imagery & characters then you really wouldn’t have a story at all. You really need to incorporate the plot at the beginning of the story or move up slowly and then you can blab it out to all who read your story. One example I like to use is: “As we look up at the stars tonight, we see… we see… we see… a spaceship? Is that correct?

Stories with a ton of description are better then ones without it because description brings the story to life. Description allows the reader to create a vivid image of the setting or characters in their head. It opens gateways in the persons brain to help them understand how someone looks and what the surrounding in the story looks like. Not only does description help the reader see what a character might look like but it also allows then to put themselves into the story. The more description used the easier it is for a reader to feel what a person in the story might feel; it helps readers transfer from real life into the stories life. Also description is not used to describe every little detail so a person can put in their own thoughts, which gives the best results of a story.

The pace of the story will contribute to how much time is spent on explaining the details of the story. If there is a too little pace and not much detail, then the person can loose interest in the story. The same is true if the pace is too fast. The story won’t make much sense if the pace is too fast. Here is an example of a fast paced paragraph. “She woke up that day. The battle then started. She went to bed then. She then woke up again. She saw her dad. He was out there. She went to bed again.” There isn’t enough detail to understand what is going on to fully understand. Here is an example of a slow paced paragraph. “He woke up a 7:00pm. He looked around. He saw his shoes. He walked over to his shoes. He picked them up. He carried them to his bed. He put on the left one. He then put on the right one.” In here it gets boring easily and the reader can loose interest. You need detail, but too much detail and it goes too slow. We don’t need every tiny detail when you could fit that whole paragraph easily into 1-2