October 6, 2003
English 1A Study Notes

For Monday's readings, we take the first step toward writing your first essay for this course.

As you read the chapter, identify the important characteristics of a "Remembered Event" essay and work to understand how each of the sample essay demonstrates different elements of these characteristics. This will require you to take many of the techniques we have discussed from Chapters 14 and 15 and place them in the context of a particular type of writing. How, in other words, do the techniques of narration and description contribute to a "Remembered Event" essay that meets the following criteria (summarized on 48-49): 1) a well-told story, 2) a vivid presentation of places and people, and 3) an indication of the event's significance.

Come to class albe to define and explain the different techniques described in the chapter and prepared to evaluate each sample essay's use of those techniques. Read the essays closely enough that you remember their titles and authors and can discuss why the text presents them as examples of this type of essay..

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