Narrative Essay: The Storm
Purpose
The purpose of this essay is to bring together everything you have learned about essay structure and narrative writing to create a narrative essay that takes the reader through a storm you’ve experienced in your own life or the life of someone you know well.
Assignment
Snowstorms, rainstorms, thunderstorms, hurricanes, tornadoes, and more are a part of life, but sometimes a storm makes us take a second look at our life choices or helps us realize things that we are taking for granted.
In this assignment, create a narrative essay that takes the reader on the journey with you from the beginning of the storm until its end. Engage them in a way that makes them ‘feel’ the storm too, and all that went with it (uncertainty, fear, etc.) without delving into shocking details.
This essay is about narrating your survival story under stressful circumstances caused by a significant storm.
The Prompt
Narrate the story of a storm you experienced that made you take a second look at your life choices or helped you realize something you had been taking for granted.
Specifics
Your narrative essay will:
• Be organized in a minimum of 5 paragraphs (Introduction, 3 or more supporting paragraphs, conclusion)• Present a direct and clear thesis statement at the end of the introductory paragraph• The focus is on the event of the storm and not what caused the storm. This should not be a narrative on Climate Chaos, Climate Change, Global Warming, etc. • Present well-developed paragraphs with a minimum of 5 completesentences each• Be written in first person point of view (no you/your pronouns)• Be revised to smooth out any rough spots• Be proofread closely to demonstrate respect to the reader• Aim to engage, challenge, and inspire the reader