A narrative essay is a story usally told in first person. A narrative usually has a point, the point of the essay is usually in the first sentence or in last sentence of a paragraph. The essay has a defined point of view, it is very descriptive. Narrative essay makes and support a point, is filled with precise detail, it may use a dialogue. A personal narrative essay has only one purpose. A person writes an narrative essay because they want to tell a story of an experience. Many just write narrative essay to make a point of a major in event in there life.