l Sentences and Conjunctions
• The last sentence in first paragraph: My plan was to keep my ears open and my mouth shut and hope no one would notice I was a freshman.
• B. I should act my way and become myself.
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Ways of Developing
• This text is a narration of what the writer experienced during her first few days at college. Following the development of time, the writer makes the series of events: her parents leaving her all by herself in the parking lot, noticing the football player on her way to the dorm, going into the wrong classroom, falling down in the cafeteria, dining alone on junk food, and witnessing the football player falling down in the cafeteria. After she experienced these events, she eventually understood what was true meaning of college life and how to arrange her life.
• I. (para1): How I felt the first day on campus after my parents had left.
• II.(para2-7): I made a lot of mistakes and what was my reactions.
• A. sitting in the wrong class
• IV.(para9-12) Through making mistakes, I understood the true meaning of college life.
• A. A malicious attempt to embarrass a native freshman was just moment of college fun.
Narration
Definition:
To narrate is to give an account of an event or series of events.In its broadest sense, narrative includes stories, real or imaginary, biographies, histories, news items, and narrative poems.Narrative often goes hand in hand with description. When one tells a story,one describes its setting and characters.On the other hand, accounts of actions may be necessary to the description of a person or a scene.When we plan a narrative,we should consider five aspects：purposes, selection of details, context, organization,and point of view.
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• There are many words in chronological order: • "the next morning" in third paragraph • "after class" in sixth paragraph • "for three days" in eighth paragraph • "three years after graduation" in fourteenth
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Structure Analysis
Title: Fresh Start • Main Idea: The text told the author’s experience that she made lots of
mistakes, such as going into the wrong classroom, falling down in the cafeteria, and dining alone on junk food when she was as a fresh man in college, and she understood what was true meaning about college life.
• The first sentence in second paragraph: With that thought in mind, I raised my head, squared my shoulders, and set out in the direction of my dorm, glancing ( and then ever so discreetly) at the campus map clutched in my hand.
• B. falling down in the cafeteria, so I just ate junk food instead of eating in cafeteria.
• III. (para8) A football player made the same mistake as I did, but he showed a different reaction.