Q.Have you ever changed your opinion about someone or something that you had earlier liked or disliked? Narrate what led you to change your mind.

This is a first-person narrative: describe an earlier opinion, the incident that changed it, and the lesson learnt. …

A good narrative of this kind states the earlier opinion, tells the incident that changed it, and closes with the lesson learnt — all in the first person. Model narrative:

I once disliked our new neighbour, Mr Rao, because he seemed stern and always complained about our cricket ball landing in his garden. I decided he was unfriendly and avoided him. One rainy evening, when my grandmother suddenly fell ill and my parents were away, it was Mr Rao who drove us to the hospital, waited the whole night, and refused any thanks the next morning. I realised then that his sharpness had hidden a kind and dependable heart, and that I had judged him only by a few small irritations. Since tha …