*Peer-Editing: September 24
** Due Date: October 1
Instructions:
You are to write a personal narrative essay which should be a non-fictional story relating to your life. While the essay does not require resolution (i.e. a tidy ending), the story should reflect some sort of change that has taken place - however subtle or prominent.
In addition, what you recount should reflect a certain measure of self-awareness; it's not just in recounting action, but also in how you recount the action that indicates you have thoughts on what happened.
Important: Individualize your details. The story you're telling is personal, and therefore should attempt to fully reflect the uniqueness of your experience; the experience itself might be common, but the details and certain aspects might/should be brought into highly-individualized focus.
And the story can be anywhere from uplifting to depressing. I'm just after solid writing.
Big rule: No prom, graduation, or birth stories, please. I have read plenty of these stories in many years, and traditionally they all follow the same pattern with a neat beginning, middle, and end. To use the horrible cliche: think outside the box!
The basics:
The paper must be 4 complete pages (minimum) in length. Anything less, and I will drop a letter grade.
Typed, double-spaced, standard margins; number all pages.
Name, date, English 101 and a TITLE must appear on your title page.
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