Incident Paragraph: Personal Narrative
A personal narrative is told from the First Person point of view. It relates an experience of the writer by telling a brief story or anecdote to illustrate a point the writer is trying to make.
Choose from the topic sentences below to develop a paragraph(s). Prove the point it makes with a good incident or anecdote. 1 = C, 2=B/A depending upon the quality/detail.
1. My dog is a smart animal.
2. Some television programs teach you to respect people who are different from you.
3. Unexpected company can be embarrassing.
4. Sometimes promises are hard to keep.
5. Mistakes are worthwhile if you learn from them.
6. Occasionally you make friends in unexpected ways.
7. Sometimes I am very lucky.
8. It is a mistake to lose your temper.
9. Cooking isn’t as simple as it looks.
10. The first day at a new school can be unhappy.
11. Postponing one’s homework is not a good idea.
12. A good friend is a help when you are in trouble.
My dog Honey is a smart animal. She is able to solve problems intelligently, especially when it comes to food. The other day when we had Domino’s pizza for supper, she kept begging for some, but, of course, we gave her only a few crusts and told her to go eat her dog food. We had ordered too much food and had almost one whole pizza left over, and she was expecting to get some of the leftovers, as she usually does. Boy, did she pout when we didn’t give it to her.
Shortly after eating, we all left the house to go
downtown. We left the pizza on the counter in its box and put Honey outside.
When we got home two hours later, our dog was no where
to be found. However, once we got in the
door, we found her lying in the corner looking very guilty. The empty pizza box was on the floor, and so
was an empty bag of Chips Ahoy cookies.
Honey had gone to the back door, pushed it open, and come up through the
basement to get her share of the pizza. When
it comes to her favorite foods, our dog will think of a plan to get what she
wants.
Cooking isn’t as simple as it looks. The other day I decided to try a new chocolate chip cookie mix that was advertised as “Easy to Make.” Often, the recipes I attempt don’t turn out well, but this looked very simple to do.
I mixed up the dough, turned on my oven, and proceeded
to bake the cookies. When the first
batch was done, I was shocked to find that they were white and gooey on bottom
but black and burned on the top. In
frustration, I tried adjusting the temperature down a bit with the second batch. However, this time they looked just as bad or
worse.
At this point I was complaining loudly about the
stupid cookie recipe when my son walked by and said, “Why don’t you try putting
the oven on BAKE instead of BROIL.” For
some people, cooking is never a simple p
