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then and every day since his birth, is that you don’t

have to be the biggest person in the room to be the

strongest. Sometimes, being strong is the only option
you have. So you just do it.

Questions

1. Give one example from the essay where the
writer uses dialogue to highlight a dramatic

moment.

2. Give one example from the essay where the

writer uses description to enhance the narrative.

3. The writer states her thesis in two places.

Where?

Narrative Essay 2

The writer of “Running from Trouble” tells of a decision that was easy

to make but hard to forget.

Running from Trouble
Several years ago, my boyfriend Paul and I packed up

our small orange Datsun and moved to the town where he