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Narrative
Narrative means "story." A narrative paragraph
therefore uses a story to develop its idea. This kind of paragraph is
used when writing about an experience or when presenting someone else's
experience, as in a sociology or history paper. A narrative paragraph
may simply present a sequence of events in chronological order, or may
use a story as evidence to support a topic argument. In the following
paragraph, the writer tells a story from his own experience to illustrate
a principle of effective leadership:
Leadership
is about communicating, defining reality, providing hope and inspiration,
and communicating who you are and what your expectations are.
For my part, I formulated my guidance and intent to commanding
officers early, and repeatedly communicated it. I visited my subordinate
chain of command during pre-deployment training. Coming from LFCA
and being a former Chief of Staff and Commander, I knew many of
them well. On 16 February 2001, in the cavernous field house in
Petawawa, Colonel Mark Skidmore, Commander of 2 Canadian Mechanized
Brigade Group, in a short and dignified ceremony, introduced me
to the 1300 soldiers that he was to loan me for six months. This
very early leadership appearance was my first opportunity to communicate
with what was to be a large portion of my future team.
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