Narrative Essay Topics

The assignment outline for Essay 1

Personal Narrative Rubric

 

Write a 650-800 word personal Narrative Essay that addresses the following prompt:

Major life events like a new job, a new home, the birth of a sibling, or the death of someone we love can have a profound impact on us. Describe a major event in your life and what it taught you about yourself and others.  The essay should center on a moment that helped you come into defining your identity socially. The essay should have the following criteria met:

 

  1. A clear thesis
  2. Support with ONE personal experience
  3. Written in first person point of view (I, me, etc)
  4. Concrete description
  5. An overall analysis of the event describing why and how it was impactful to your life
  6. Clean grammar
  7. Typed, 12pt font, 1.5 spacing, Times New Roman, 1 inch margins
  8. A heading that includes your professor’s name, class title, date, and title of your work
  9. Turned in with a first draft that has been edited by a peer (Feb 17)
  10. Good use of dialogue

Final draft due by February 26th at midnight to Turnitin.com