Personal Narrative
by Tony Diaz on 03/31/15
Where I’m From: Your Personal Narrative Essay: 2 – 3 page
400 – 650 words. Typed. MLA Format. Brilliant grammar.
You should have a title.
You should describe a place.
You should describe a person.
You should add a narrative element, by adding this line:
Eitehr:
“The last time . . “
Or
“The Fist time . . .”
You should have at least one scene: This should include the
person you described. You should say something to each other.
You should have a thesis: As in, you can feel free to say
why this topic, essay, person or place is important to you.
For Example, “I will always remember our days on Emerald
Avenue on the South Side of Chicago because that was our family’s first house.
It wasn’t the prettiest house, it wasn’t the most expensive, but it was our
spot in the universe.
Your narrative can be about the last time you were at the
house on Emerald Avenue and moved from Chicago.
Essay examples:
“Pappi” http://www.nuestrapalabra.org/NPHistory.html?entry=papi-by-luis-ochoa
Voices: The
American Dream Through Our Books: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/voices-american-dream-through-our-books-n79001
For
Mama: Our Time Is Now; A Librotraficante Post
http://mamiverse.com/for-mama-our-time-is-now-6202/
Link to MLA Template: Click here.