INTRODUCTION

A Diary entry is a very personal

piece of writing.
It is a record of an individual’s
account of a day of his/her life.
 INTRODUCTION

A Diary Writing can be based on an

experience, a scene, a description or
narration of a certain event or any
other thing/activity that the writer
considers worth writing in his diary.
 World Famous Diaries
Pliny the Younger’s Letters (97–109)
• Pliny was a lawyer in Ancient Rome whose
writing tells us a lot about everyday life in the
Roman Empire. His most famous account was
of the eruption of thevolcano Vesuvius, which
buried the city of Pompeii. The city's ruins
are shown here.
 World Famous Diaries
Samuel Pepys’ Secret Diary (1660–1669)
• Samuel Pepys was an English politician during
the reign of King Charles II. He filled his diary
with private thoughts, and wrote it in code to
keep it secret. This meant he could call the
king “silly” for spending so much time playing
with his dogs!
 World Famous Diaries
Robert Scott’s Captain’s Log (1912)
• Captain Scott tried to be the first to reach
the South Pole, and kept a diary of his daily
progress. His final entry explained how a
fierce blizzard had stopped his expedition just
11 miles (18km) away from one of the places
they’d stored their supplies.
 World Famous Diaries
Anne Frank’s Diary (1942–1944)
• Anne Frank was a Jewish girl who lived in
hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam, in the
Netherlands. She wrote about her life in
hiding in a diary, which she had been given for
her birthday. She named the diary Kitty, and
wrote in it as though she were writing to a
friend.
 World Famous Diaries
• Delhi Diary
 WHY DIARY WRITING?

•judge your imaginative skills.

To

•know your creativity.

To

• test your power of expression.

To

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