Friday, October 14, 2011

A Concise Personal Essay


Here’s your second personal narrative assignment. (The first assignment was to write six six-word personal narratives about a significant relationship.)

Write a concise personal essay (750 words or fewer) about a significant relationship in your life. In writing your essay consider the literary elements that we have investigated. 

We discussed these extensively in class on Friday. Use the class readings--All Souls by Michael Patrick MacDonald, "Old Father, Old Artificer" from Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, "Benediction" by David Gessner, "Being a Sanvicenteña: Five Stages" by Kate Hopper--as models. For more examples of concise creative nonfiction go to Brevity.

Turn in a final-for-now draft on Tuesday, October 18, 2011

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