Personal Narrative

Personal Expressive Writing

A personal narrative is one form of personal expressive writing.
     Personal narratives are focused on a single significant incident from the writer's life and are supported by details that emphasize the significance of the experience.  The success of the narrative lies in the writer's ability to provide the reader with an understanding of the events and feelings that make the incident important and the author's ideas and interpretation of the experience.

Author

Title

NSE Library Call Number
Alike My five senses 612 ALI
Bunting Ghosts hour, spooks hour E B
Bunting Night tree E B
Bunting Smoky night E B
Bunting The Wall E B
Bunting The Wednesday surprise E B
Cowley The screaming mean machine F COW
Crews Bigmama's B CRE
Crews Shortcut E C
Foreman War boy: a country childhood B FOR
Fritz Homesick: my own story F FRI
Naidoo Journey to Jo'burg: a South African story F NAI
Peet Bill Peet: an autobiography B PEE
Polacco Chicken Sunday E P
Polacco Thunder cake E P
Rylant The relatives came E R
Viorst Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good very bad day E V
Viorst Earrings E V
Williams A chair for my mother E W
Yolan Owl moon E Y