English 107, Unit 1, A creative nonfiction essay.
\nSelect one of the following and write a 5-6 page creative nonfiction essay, 10% of course grade. You should use the guidelines from Chapter 8 in our text for this assignment. Select some noun (proper or common) in your life and write a personal essay on this subject. The noun might be any person, place or thing you are interested in writing about and willing to dig deeply into whether through research or memory. The rubric following the choices describes how the writing will be evaluated.
\nSelect a specific event in your own life and write a brief memoir that examines and interprets that event.
\nSelect another person to write about an event in his\/her life. This person can be family, friend, or childhood hero(ine) whom you want to understand better as a person.
\nSelect a specific noun, place, thing, etc. that had or has some effect on you and others.
\nThis essay will be due on September 20 submitted on Canvas.\u00a0 A hard copy may also be required.
\nContent: This section is most important over all.
\n1)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The creative nonfiction piece will consist of 5-6 pages of original creative work; this work may consist of either prose alone of a combination of formats, but should be created specifically for this class assignment.
\n2)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The piece should include a title. The title should be an invitation of some sort, an open door for the reader to walk through. Titles should not obfuscate the work\u2019s intent.
\n3)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The work should be developed as a unified and factual\/truthful whole.
\nOrganization: This section examines the physical and narrative structure of the piece
\nThe work should have a logical organizational plan, in which the parts build on each other toward some satisfying ending.
\nThe paragraphs within the piece should be organized in easily read units.
\nThe paragraphs should have transitions between (to create over all flow of the piece)
\nThe individual sentences within the paragraphs should have a strong connection to each other so your paragraphs\u2019 ideas flow smoothly
\nStyle: This section includes the individual creative works themselves.
\nEach piece should include a speaker, a voice or persona which tells the story.
\nEach piece should avoid clich\u00e9, unless refreshed\/changed in some way.
\nThe works should include specific, concrete details; abstractions; and your perspective.
\nThe works should incorporate literary tools: imagery, allusion, metaphor, simile, personification, and other figures of speech.
\nThe diction of the pieces should be precise and recognize the words\u2019 connotations and denotations; and will avoid mechanical and grammatical errors (unless purposeful).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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