1. Writing a Personal Essay CH.4

2. Personal Essay Places the writer at center stage Photographic self-portrait Written with openness & honesty Written in the first-person as a narrative Subject is often commonplace Thesis can be implied or stated at any point in the narrative Relies on memory & observation and often shifts back and forth to then & now

3. Writing a Personal Essay Think about subject Generate ideas: lists, fast writing, visual mapping or clustering Questions for reflection? Evaluate your own sketch Researching, gathering more info., drafting, & revising

4. Features of a Personal Essay First person Subject commonplace Narrative form Sources of information: memory and observation Reflective of dialectical process