Personal Narrative Assignment

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Personal Narrative Assignment

Personal Narrative Assignment:

We’ve all had something exciting, creepy, sad, or nerve-racking—heck, all of the above—happen to us in the course of our lives. Remember that time your best friend dared you to go inside that haunted house? What about that time you were swimming in the ocean—and realized you were swimming right next to a shark?!?! Maybe you were a witness to a bank robbery—what was this experience like for you? Some of the events we remember most in our lives are painful and hard for us to relive. You may have lost a parent or grandparent, brother or sister, friend or lover. Maybe you lived through something traumatic in your past—an illness, your parents’ divorce, being part of a gang.

Task:

Choose an event from your past and write about it. It may be an event that occurred in a single day, or it may be something that occurred over a period of time. Dig deep inside and find that part of yourself that might make you cry, or may make you smile because you realized how much certain people mean to you.

Take the assignment seriously, so the piece should not be comedic. Consider this a creative nonfiction piece.

Follow the rules of usage, spelling, punctuation, and grammar. You may choose to incorporate dialogue. Structure and organize your essay. Pull your reader in by using descriptive language and your five senses, and make sure your paragraphs flow smoothly as you move between scenes and themes. End your personal narrative in a way that leaves a reader remembering your work—you want to tie all the narrative threads together.

Be brave with your personal narrative. As long as you follow the above needs of the essay, you are free to write on whatever has made you cry, shudder, or sigh.

Paper Requirements:

*minimum 2-3 pages maximum

*Double-spaced

*One-inch margins

*12 pt. standard font—Times New Roman

*MLA format

Examples Topics:
  • a birth – for example a new sibling
  • a fire a robbery
  • a special relationship with any person
  • a sickness or a hospital stay
  • a divorce and/or remarriage and stepfamily experience
  • being lost
  • a car accident or accident of any kind
  • Moving (new home, new town, new school, new friends, etc.)
  • a fear and/or overcoming a fear
  • an experience with peer pressure a bullying or teasing
  • experience a handicap, physical challenge, or learning disability
  • an award or recognition for a special talent a travel experience that involves a new country and culture (“regular” vacations are not an option)
  • staying back in school
  • a school or church experience
  • An activity a death of a loved one or pet

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