The Personal Narrative

For this assignment, you will be writing a personal narrativea storyillustrating an event, moment (or series of moments), or experience exemplifying gratitude. In other words: share a story about a moment, experience, or event where you experienced gratitude either during the experience itself or after the experience took place.  

Assignment-Specific Requirements:

Length: This assignment should be at least 550 words. 

: Underline your descriptive  or the point of your story.

Sources/ Needed:  No outside/ are needed.

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A personal narrative is a story about you. Narrative, from the Latin narrare, means to narrate a tale or a story. The narrative you will write will be a personal narrative.  Thus, the story will be written by you, about you, and in a lot of ways, for you. What makes a personal narrative so interesting is that its a story with a point or purpose.   In other words, a personal narrative is detailed, descriptive, , and determined to make a point. 

Purpose:

There needs to be a reason, not only for writing the narrative, but also for why the  should read it. The purpose of the personal narrative is to share a meaningful experience and the lesson learned from the experience. Specifically, the purpose of this essay is to share a story about a time you experienced gratitude.

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In many ways, we write a personal narrative for ourselves to reflect upon an experience, to grow from an event. However, we want you to imagine that your  is not only you but someone else. The writer needs to know who their  is and how their needs will affect the way the narrative is composed and presented. For example, in addition to writing this story as an opportunity for personal reflection, you may also choose a family member or friend group as your real or imagined .  Selecting a real or imagined  will help you develop your essay with the right . The  for a personal narrative can be formal or informal; it really depends on your