Writing Project #1: “New Awareness” – Argument in Narrative Personal Narrative: a piece of writing describing an event of personal significance to the writer For your first formal writing project, you will write about a personal experience that resulted i
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Writing Project #1: “New Awareness” – Argument in Narrative Personal Narrative: a piece of writing describing an event of personal significance to the writer For your first formal writing project, you will write about a personal experience that resulted in a significant awareness reflecting the importance Judith Rich assigns to “personal Sputnik moments”: “those large or small events that jar our sense of reality, perhaps ever so slightly, or land like a major earthquake. One thing is for sure: after you’ve had one, nothing is ever quite the same” (par. 4). As Rich describes them, personal Sputnik moments also can create an awareness or awakening about ourselves and life itself, taking us out of the drama of the story and opening our eyes to a much deeper reality. For this assignment you are telling a story about a significant personal experience and new awareness about yourself and life. You may (but are not required to) reference and incorporate a discussion of Rich’s definition of the term “personal Sputnik moment.” Either way, your emphasis should be on telling your story and describing the significant impact of the experience. Your argument (main claim) should allude to a “new awareness” that you want your reader to gain from reading your essay. Your purpose should be to get your reader to learn about or see life or your subject in a new way.
