0
Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Indentation in a Personal Narrative?
Hey guys, I'm a freshman in college and have been instructed to write a personal narrative. It is said to be about 4-5 pages and although we talked a bit about some of the requirements, indenting paragraphs never came up. Now all throughout high school I was always told to follow the 5ish paragraph rule, where you have an introduction with your thesis, body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
Now I feel like this format would not be best for the paper. Should I be indenting every few lines like you would see in a novel? Stick to the 5 paragraph or so rule? Something completely different? I've writted the essay already and have just indented where I felt was necessary, but now I"m starting to think that perhaps I should have lengthened the paragraphs significantly. What do you guys think? Thanks!
Now I feel like this format would not be best for the paper. Should I be indenting every few lines like you would see in a novel? Stick to the 5 paragraph or so rule? Something completely different? I've writted the essay already and have just indented where I felt was necessary, but now I"m starting to think that perhaps I should have lengthened the paragraphs significantly. What do you guys think? Thanks!
Top answer
Are you really referring to indenting? When you tab over or put five or so spaces before your first line? If you do that for one paragrah, you should do that for all of them, not every five paragraphs.
- Are you really referring to indenting?
- When you tab over or put five or so spaces before your first line?
- If you do that for one paragrah, you should do that for all of them, not every five paragraphs.
- Most modern style doesn't indent, but leaves an empty line between paragraphs.
- Could you be referring to subtitles?
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
3 Answers
0
Are you really referring to indenting? When you tab over or put five or so spaces before your first line?
If you do that for one paragrah, you should do that for all of them, not every five paragraphs.
Most modern style doesn't indent, but leaves an empty line between paragraphs.
Could you be referring to subtitles? With a five-page paper, sub-titles might be a good i
If you do that for one paragrah, you should do that for all of them, not every five paragraphs.
Most modern style doesn't indent, but leaves an empty line between paragraphs.
Could you be referring to subtitles? With a five-page paper, sub-titles might be a good i
00
Yes indenting but not once for every 5 paragrahs, one for each of the five paragraphs, but doing this would make it so each page was about a paragraph or so, this doesn't feel right to me, how would one go about organizing, I suppose you could call it, a personal narrative?
00
How do you have it written now?
Some ideas could be:
Chronological order from childhood onward
Your current view on life, with a flashback to your childhood and a project to your future
You, 15 years from now, and what you have achieved, with commentary on important elements in your life/decisions/events that got you there
Simply an explanation of wha
Some ideas could be:
Chronological order from childhood onward
Your current view on life, with a flashback to your childhood and a project to your future
You, 15 years from now, and what you have achieved, with commentary on important elements in your life/decisions/events that got you there
Simply an explanation of wha
0
Related Questions