Deadline #4

1.
• A narrative essay tells a story in chronological order.
• Narrative essays are organized in chronological order.
• Transitional words and phrases display the chronological order of the narrative essay.
• Some common transitional words and phrases used in narrative essays are: next, then, later, after that, and finally.

2.
• The opening paragraph creates an interest that makes me want to keep reading because the figurative language she uses describing her as a baby is entertaining and amusing.
• The thesis of the essay is that everyone has beauty that is waiting to be shown to the world, and the girl in this essay was helped by her father to realize the beauty she possessed.
• The narration in this essay begins at the very beginning, starting with the very first sentence.
• The author describes herself as a baby using phrases like, “Michelin tire legs” and “two chins,” and describes her legs as a young woman in the awkward stages of puberty as “colonial columns.”
• These descriptions contribute a lot to the essay. It was the comical phrases used to describe herself as a baby that kept me interested in the essay, and the description of her legs helps to portray the awkwardness and ugly duckling-like features of a young woman going through puberty.