Choose one of the following topics to write your own narrative essay. The topic you decide on should be something you care about, and the narration should be a means of communicating an idea that ties to the essay’s theme. Remember in this essay, the narration is not an end in itself. Friends Gaining independence A friend’s sacrifice A significant trip with your family A wedding or a funeral

Choose one of the following topics to write your own narrative essay. The topic you decide on should be something you care about, and the narration should be a means of communicating an idea that ties to the essay’s theme. Remember in this essay, the narration is not an end in itself.
Friends
Gaining independence
A friend’s sacrifice
A significant trip with your family
A wedding or a funeral
A incident from family legend
The World around You
A storm, a flood, an earthquake, or another natural event
A school event
The most important minutes of a sporting event
Lessons of Daily Life
A time you confronted authority
A time you had to deliver bad news
Your biggest social blunder
Firsts
Your first day of school
The first performance you gave
A first date
Requirements
Be sure to:
Decide on something you care about so that the narration is a means of communicating an idea.
mlInclude characters, conflict, sensory details.
Create a sequence of events in a plot.
Develop an enticing title.
Use the introduction to pull the reader into your singular experience.
Avoid addressing the assignment directly. (don’t write “I am going to write about…”—this takes the fun out of reading the work!)
Let the essay reflect your own voice (Is your voice serious? Humorous? Matter-of-fact?)
Avoid telling just what happens by making sure your essay reflects on why this experience is significant.
If you developed your prewriting by hand on paper, scan or take a picture of your prewriting, load the image onto your computer, and then insert the image on a separate page after your draft.