Literacy Narrative Outline
A literacy narrative gives an account of an experience, usually a personal experience. It narrates about a time when reading and writing helped you learn something important. The main goal of literacy narrative is to tell of a time when you learned from a given experience. Writing a literacy narrative requires you to do the following:
- Select a topic that you have deep feelings for and are willing to share.
- Give your paper a title that is suitable for your topic.
- Engage the reader.
- Provide vivid descriptions that include sensory details throughout your narrative.
- Include dialogue.
Literacy Narrative Outline
The following is a literacy narrative outline:
1. Introduction.
The introduction of your narrative essay should include:
- A hook. A hook is an interesting statement or phrase used to grab the reader’s attention. It should be included in the first sentences of your introduction paragraph.
- A thesis statement.
- The significance of the topic you are writing about to the reader.
- The significance of the topic you are writing about to you.
2. Setting.
The setting should include:
- Beginning of event. This section should provide an explanation of how events happened at the beginning. Explain to the reader the exact events that happened before reaching the end. Ensure that you include a detailed sensory explanation of what happened. Express your feelings as well as those of the other character involved, about what happened.
- Some background information about the event you are writing about. This information should contain some history about the event as well as some important details on the event. It should explain in details the time when reading and writing helped you learn something important
- Setting. Provide a description of the setting where the events of that day took place. You should also, provide the readers with an explanation of the importance of the setting to your narrative.
- Characters. Describe the important physical and personality characteristics of the characters involved in your literacy narrative.
- Short story. Provide details that establish the conflict in your narrative. This short story can also give details explaining the stakes of the characters involved in your narrative.
3. Events Climax.
Include the following in this section:
- Express your feelings and those of the other characters involved about what happened.
- Give an explanation of how things escalated.
- Provide a detailed sensory explanation of the events that happened.
4. Conclusion.
Your conclusion should:
- Tell your readers how things ended up and what you learned from the events of that particular day that changed your literacy practices.
- Sum up the event that you have explained in your entire literacy narrative.