The "Mini-Story!"

...to make you a "maxi" writer!

Another thing that you can do to make an essay more interesting is to add a mini-story to one of your reasons. A mini-story is an example of your reason that happened to you. You can start a mini-story by saying I remember one time when or An example of this happened to me. For example, if you were writing your second reason that knights are irritating to dragons, you might add a mini-story like this to it:

Example: Another reason that dragons find knights very irritating is because they are very persistent. This means that they just dont give up. You can breathe fire at them. They just hold up their shields. You can fly away. The knight is sure to follow you. Once they get it in their heads to start a battle with the dragon there is no way to get rid of them. I remember one knight who insisted on doing battle with me. I began by telling him politely that I wasnt interested. Did he honor my feelings? Nooooooooooooo. He charged at me on his horse. I stepped aside, having no desire to engage in battle that day. He wheeled around and came right back waving his sword in my face. Finally, I had to breathe fire at him. At this point, his horse, which was smarter than he was, ran for home!

When you are writing essays remember to add a mini-story to make your paper even more interesting to your reader.

Activity: Imagine you have been writing an essay about how cold and miserable life in a castle was. Add a "mini-story" about a personal experience you once had in a cold and miserable castle. Of course, you will have to make it up, but make it sound like it is a first-hand experience.