English Composition I – Week 3 Assignment Narrative Essay This essay explores the Narrative Mode , which is perhaps the most natural style of writing for most people. One of the goals of the narrative form is to allow readers to feel as if they are not simply reading someone else's story, but that they are somehow part of it.  Unlike simply telling a story though, a narrative essay has a specific piece of information to share, a lesson for the reader.  There should be a clear reason for your telling the story.  This is where the “essay” in the narrative essay becomes apparent. Your assignment this week is to write such an essay. Refer back to your outline of a significant event that you wrote for W2.  Keep in mind that you are writing a story and it is important to freely tell your story.  But, this is still an academic essay.  The goal of your story is to support a clearly stated thesis/lesson for the reader.  As such, your tale should be wrapped in a clear introduction and conclusion. Criteria Your essay should contain the following basic features: ·  An introduction with an attention grabbing opening (hook), a well-defined message or argument (thesis), and any background information the reader needs to fully understand your story;   ·  Body paragraphs which a tell the story of your clear and specific, singular event that illustrates the essay thesis; ·  Vivid language that works to recreate the event, including descriptions of where the event took place, the people who were involved, and the things these people said and did; ·  A conclusion that briefly implicitly or explicitly reviews your story, reiterates the lessons you learned and that you hope the reader to learn, and provides a closing thought such as o  why this event is still personally significant, o  the state of your life since the event and how you feel about it, o  future plans related to the event, o  rhetorical questions for the reader, etc. In addition to the above, the final draft of your essay should be: ·  From 250-500 words in length, typed in Times New Roman 12pt. font, double-spaced, with one-inch margins. ·  Uses APA style (a title page and citations as needed which are modeled in your APA guide), ·  Written in first person; ·  Edited for spelling, mechanical, grammatical, and typing errors Please note: Writing takes time.  Plan ahead to give yourself time to write multiple drafts of this essay.  Get some feedback from the people you know or from Tutor.com to help you to craft the best essay you can in the time allotted. View your assignment rubric . ...

1. English Composition I – Week 3 Assignment
Narrative Essay
This essay explores the
Narrative Mode
, which is perhaps the most natural style of writing for most
people.
One of the goals of the narrative form is to allow readers to feel
as if they are not simply reading someone else's story, but that
they are somehow part of it. Unlike simply telling a story
though, a narrative essay has a specific piece of information to
share, a lesson for the reader. There should be a clear reason
for your telling the story. This is where the “essay” in the
narrative essay becomes apparent.
Your assignment this week is to write such an essay. Refer back
to your outline of a significant event that you wrote for W2.
Keep in mind that you are writing a story and it is important to
freely tell your story. But, this is still an academic essay. The
goal
of your story is to support a clearly stated thesis/lesson for the
reader. As such, your tale should be wrapped in a clear
introduction and conclusion.
Criteria
Your essay should contain the following basic features:
· An introduction with an attention grabbing opening (hook), a
well-defined message or argument (thesis), and any background
information the reader needs to fully understand your story;
· Body paragraphs which a tell the story of your clear and

2. specific, singular event that illustrates the essay thesis;
· Vivid language that works to recreate the event, including
descriptions of where the event took place, the people who were
involved, and the things these people said and did;
· A conclusion that briefly implicitly or explicitly reviews your
story, reiterates the lessons you learned and that you hope the
reader to learn, and provides a closing thought such as
o why this event is still personally significant,
o the state of your life since the event and how you feel about
it,
o future plans related to the event,
o rhetorical questions for the reader, etc.
In addition to the above, the final draft of your essay should be:
· From 250-500 words in length, typed in Times New Roman
12pt. font, double-spaced, with one-inch margins.
· Uses APA style (a title page and citations as needed which
are modeled in your APA guide),
· Written in first person;
· Edited for spelling, mechanical, grammatical, and typing
errors
Please note: Writing takes time. Plan ahead to give yourself
time to write multiple drafts of this essay. Get some feedback
from the people you know or from Tutor.com to help you to
craft the best essay you can in the time allotted.

3. View your assignment rubric
.