Freshman Composition I‚ Summer 2012 Instructor Name: Sampada Chavan Assignment #2 Personal Narrative (20% of total grade) Description of Assignment For this project you will write a narrative essay about a significant moment of your life using the literary strategies of plot‚ character‚ and setting. This should be a moment when you learned something important about yourself or someone else‚ or about life. You will develop your story through the use of contraries‚ creating tension that moves
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“Hey lets all go to Florida together for spring break‚ it’s our senior year and we have to end it with something fun!”‚ Phu whispers in biology class. Parker‚ Ethan‚ Hunter‚ John‚ and Toby all turned to me as if they already agreed with Phu. All I could think about was how much trouble me and boys would get me into. Sounded fun anyways. “Alright‚ we’ll head out friday after we get out of school”‚ I said. Phu looked at me and said “It’s a wrap!”. The only issue is convincing my parents to let me go
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On a gorgeous Tuesday afternoon‚ Alioska and I decided to break a norm. Aventura mall was the perfect location for our sociology experiment. The massive mall is successfully loud‚ busy‚ and active. We immediately went to work. Our initial attempt was tremendously nerve wrecking. I agreed to go first. I immediately felt anxious. My heart was racing and hands were shaking. I was terrified to break a norm due to the fact that I presumed people’s reaction would be different. I was correct. The first
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“You should still be sleeping.”He tried again He gave up trying to talk to me about an hour in the drive. The car finally came to a stop and I rushed out and to the road. He looked shocked but soon recovered as he ran after me. He soon caught me. He slugs me over his shoulder and carried me in the side. He sat me on the
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For the majority of my life‚ I’ve never worried about being oppressed. I’ve been lucky enough to be raised in a middle class‚ white family. I may not feel directly oppressed as a result of my gender and sexuality‚ however there are people that do and they shouldn’t be denounced as a result of my experiences. Due to being a woman‚ I’m likely to be shamed for the way I present myself. For example‚ I’m unable to have my hair grow out (underarms or legs) without being scorned by others. Through personal
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Growing up in a war torn country‚ I always dreamed of living in the United States. Every person in our small town talked about how exciting and full of opportunity America was. Play dates‚ cartoons‚ and trips to Disney land made the top of every little kid’s birthday wish. Unlike most children‚ my birthday party did not consist of bouncy houses‚ stacks of presents‚ and a princess cake. Burning buildings‚ solders‚ and panicked refugees were the highlight of my birthday party. Giving up the only world
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Narrative Essay A Brief Guide to Writing Narrative Essays Narrative writing tells a story. In essays the narrative writing could also be considered reflection or an exploration of the author ’s values told as a story. The author may remember his or her past‚ or a memorable person or event from that past‚ or even observe the present. When you ’re writing a narrative essay‚ loosen up. After all‚ you ’re basically just telling a story to someone‚ something you probably do every day in casual conversation
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I woke with a start‚ my alarm clock screaming at me to get up before the sun. I slid myself out of bed‚ groggily dodging the mountains of boxes precariously placed about my room. I truly believe that I was not ready for such a big move‚ or what it would do to me as a freshly graduated 6th grader. I avoided everyone on that too-early morning‚ not quite brave enough to say goodbye. I was feeling some odd mixture of excitement and distress because I was excited to see me mom again after 3 months‚ but
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Reggie and I woke up and decided we were going to go fishing. It was a hot‚ sunny day like most of the days in Texas. We lived outside of Wichita Falls‚ Texas about ten miles near the Wichita river. My parents have about twenty acres of land that that the Wichita river runs through‚ we always went fishing there and caught a fifteen pound flathead at the most‚ but this trip was different. We set off at about seven in the morning so we could have plenty of time to fish‚ it was about a thirty minute drive
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She’s in Arizona for Spring Break and she wants to know what happened that day. The day everything changed. Please? I was barely a year old then‚ the girl asked. Yeah‚ and I was barely thirteen‚ the sister replied. Age isn’t the issue right now. Mom will tell me if you won’t‚ the girl tried. Fine I will tell you. And she began. She was just a kid when it happened‚ only thirteen. She got up early one saturday morning and went into the living room. One of her neighbors was there‚ cradling her
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