Task:
From EmpoWord:
Your task is to identify an influential place, event, or person from your life experience about which you can tell a story. Then, you will write a narrative essay that relates that story and considers the impact it had on you, your worldview, and/or your life path. Using model texts in this book as exemplars, you will tell a story (narrate) using vivid description and draw out meaning and insight using reflection.
As youll evaluate below, descriptive personal narratives have a variety of purposes. One important one is to share a story that stands in for a bigger idea. Do not be worried if you dont know the bigger idea yet, but be advised that your final draft will narrate a focused, specific moment that represents something about who you are, how you got here, what you believe, or what you strive to be.
Process:
1) Read describing a scene or experience, Chapter 1 from the writing textbook EmpoWord, which you can access here: https://pdx.pressbooks.pub/empoword/chapter/describing-scene/
Be sure to check out the model texts from students at the end of the chapter for ideas about the kinds of things you may wish to write about.
3) Read “reflecting on an experience,” Chpater 3 in EmpoWord, which you can access here:https://pdx.pressbooks.pub/empoword/chapter/reflecting/. (I also encourage you to skim through Chapter 2, which you can access at the bottom of the EmpoWord pages.) Again, check out the model texts at the end of the chapter.
Format:
Your paper should be 3-4 pages in length in MLA format: 12 pt. font, one-inch margins, double spaced. No cover page.
At the end of your paper, include a Process Statement in which you articulate your writing and revising process. What was challenging, surprising, or enjoyable about this assignment?
In addition, your paper should:
include enough specific detail to make the events described in your paper clear to your reader
transition smoothly between paragraphs, scenes, and moments in time
contain minimal run-on sentences
include distinct elements of description, narration, and reflection
reflect characteristics of a unique narrative voice
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