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Topic Choices: please choose ONE of the following to write your essay on:
Narrate an early memory about writing or reading that you recall vividly. Then persuade me of this event’s significance in your life.
Describe someone who taught you to read or write and persuade me of this person’s significance in your life as he or she relates to literacy.
Identify a book or other text and persuade me of its significance for you in your reading and writing.
Describe an object and explain how it represents an important moment in your reading/writing development.
Key elements of this essay:
A well‐told story. Bring your narrative to life by using concrete and vivid details. Details can bring a narrative to life for readers by giving them vivid mental images of the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures of the world in which your story takes place.
Narrative’s significance. Make clear why the incident you narrate matters to you now by explaining its significance.
Well-organized. Whatever prompt you pick, please write a five-paragraph essay with an attention-grabbing introduction, a clear thesis, well-developed body paragraphs, and an effective conclusion. Remember the essay structures from ENG 111.
Use concrete, vivid descriptions and focus on a specific event.
Write 550-700 words, double‐spaced,
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