Narrative Essay
Directions: Write a narrative/descriptive essay. Use a moment of fear, anxiety, embarrassment, awe, joy, sorrow, or other strong emotion. Think about what happened, how you got into the situation and out of it. Focus on yourself, primarily, not others. Generally, the more emotionally charged and dramatic an experience is at the time, the better the story it makes afterward.You can more easily tell about a car accident than about a birthday party unless something is unusual about the party.Use an episode that took place in a few minutes or seconds, not days or weeks.Or perhaps an event that took place on one day only.You can make a better narrative out of being stuck in an elevator than you can about the first three weeks on a new job.
Remember, this narrative essay assignment is a personal essay. This should be on a personal experience from your life.
Example Topics: Registration Day, First Day of Class, Car Accident, First Plane Ride, Giving Your First Speech, First Date, First Day Job Experience, Embarrassing Moment Leaving Home for the First Time, Good or Bad Dorm/Roommate Experience, Trapped in a Storm, a Fight, or an Unusual Party.
Guidelines: MLA Format, approximately 500 words, 1 1 to two pages.