Your first essay is a narrative essay. The essay should be 2-3 pages, typed, double-spaced, 12 font, Times New Roman._x000D_
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For your narrative essay, you can choose the topic. You likely will choose to tell a personal narrative, as most narrative essays do. Narrative essays are most often told from first person or “I†point of view. Since your narrative essay will likely focus on a personal memory of your own, you will likely choose this point of view._x000D_
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Narrative essay is very different than other types of essays. A narrative can be seen as telling a story. Narrative essays are often anecdotal, experiential, and personal—allowing the writer to express themselves in a creative or moving way. Narrative essays are stories which are told to reveal a certain experience and point of view of the author. The author should make a strong point throughout the story and prove it at the end. It follows the patterns of fiction with key basic components such as character, setting, plot, conflict, and resolution. These essential elements keep a work running smoothly and allow the action to develop in a logical way that the reader can follow._x000D_
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If you look under the Writing Process Resource section, you will find a file with examples of narrative essay openings. Also Randa Jarrar’s narrative essay that we recently read is a great example of an effective narrative essay._x000D_
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In addition, there are examples of student papers in your Cengage account/textbook. If you look under the section called Examples of Student papers in your online book, you can scroll through the types of papers until you reach the narrative section. Spend some time reading through these papers to get an idea of format for your own essay. There are also many resources in Cengage for various parts of your essay, such as introduction, thesis, topic sentences, paragraphs, conclusions, and so on. Look at the “Writing Process Resources” module on Canvas to find links to these resources._x000D_
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Remember as you write your narrative to think about the story elements mentioned above. In addition, think about how to bring the narrative “to life†for the reader. One way we can do this is through using detail, and in particular sensory details and bright descriptions.