Writing a Personal Narrative for Kids Episode 3 Writing an Introduction

Writing Personal Narrative Episode 3: Writing an Introduction personal narrative is true story about your life. You write about something that has happened to you. An introduction is the first few sentences of your story. It can also be called the opening or the lead. We write introductions to hook the reader. We want the person reading our story to be interested and excited to read more. There are lot of different ways you can hook reader. I'm going to show you four different ways. The first way you could hook reader is to start your story with sound. These are called onomatopoeias. For example, you might start your story by writing BOOM! heard loud crash in my house. The reader would wonder wonder what that crash was all about? They would be interested to read the rest of your story. Another way you could hook the reader is by starting your story with talking. This is called dialogue. For example, you could start by writing "Go away!", told my brother. The reader would probably want to read more to find out what your brother was doing. You could also start your story by asking the reader question. For example, you could ask, "Have you ever been to water park? This would help the reader make personal connection to your story. People are more likely to like stories that they can relate to. And last, you could start your story by describing the setting. The setting is where and when your story happens. For example, you might write: One dark, stormy night last weekend was home alone. bet the reader would want to read more about what happened on that dark and stormy night. So now have several options about how to start my story. The story am writing is about getting new dog. think want to start my story with question. I'm going to write: Have you ever felt so happy you could cry? That's how felt last summer when my mom told me could get dog. had wanted dog for so long. couldn't believe was finally going to get one. Hopefully people will read the introduction to my story and they will be hooked. They will want to read more. That's it! Check out episode 4 to see how write draft of the rest of my story.