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- 1. ENGLISH 208 SPRING, 2019 DUE: MAR. 29 OBJECTIVE Tell a story of a time you learned something new far from home. AS ALWAYS —12 pt. font —Times New Roman —Double spaced —M.L.A. formatting, including title, header, and page number —Submit on BbLearn as “.docx” —Due before class on Monday TRAVEL STORY JUXTAPOSE YOUR ‘NORMAL’ WITH A NEW EXPERIENCE. DESCRIPTION Write about an experience you have had traveling. If in doubt, choose a location as far from your home as possible. Use this as an opportunity to juxtapose the known with the unknown; explore your “normal” life through the lens of something “unusual” or new (to you). Keep in mind that just because something is “weird” to you doesn’t mean it is objectively “weird;” it might be someone else’s normal. So, the goal here is not to judge or exoticize something unusual to you, but rather to use it as an opportunity to learn something new about yourself and the world, to grow as a world citizen, and to learn how to use juxtaposition in writing. This assignment will require some casual research. Use at least two sources to help you expand your perspective and jog your memory of detail: one source needs to be written by a person from the place you are writing about, and the other can be written by anyone. These sources don’t have to be written, but could be video or podcast. For example, if you are writing about a time when you traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico, find a source written by a person who was raised in Oaxaca, not just a guidebook for tourists. REQUIREMENTS (1) 300-400 words (2) No vague statements of interiority (3) Limited passive voice, employed purposefully (4) Limited abstract nouns, adjectives, and adverbs. (5) No judgment of “others” as weird or inferior. (6) Narrator (writer) is in a new or uncomfortable place (7) Include MLA-formatted bibliography of at least 2 sources (8) Follow an established narrative structure; hero’s journey or inverted check mark —Include an outline of this structure YOU MUST MEET ALL OF THE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A ‘B.’