Narrative Essay Writing Assignment
Objective: A narrative essay is a story written about a personal experience. Writing a narrative essay provides an opportunity to get to know and understand you better. One of the best ways to reveal who you are is to write about how you became aware of something, gained a new way of seeing the world, a new insight.
Preparation: Read Chapter 6: The Narrative essay in your textbook “Patterns”. Also, review the lecture notes given in the unit.
Topic Selection: Write a narrative essay about an experience in your life that had a significant effect on you or that changed your views in some important way; for example, write on an experience that caused you to learn something about yourself, or write on an experience that helped you discover a principle to live by, or an incident that revealed the true character of someone you knew .
TIPS:
Develop at least a five paragraph essay (equivalent to 600 words).
Be sure to indent paragraphs and double space; use 12 inch font, Times new roman style.
If you use outside sources to prove your point, be sure to use MLA style.
Do not use 2nd person pronouns (you, your); use 1st person pronoun.
Do not use contractions (can’t, don’t).