600-700 words and 5-6 Paragraphs
• To structure an essay as a narrative.
• To use personal experience and remembered events as evidence.
• To use a variety of rhetorical strategies, especially description, narration, and cause-and-effect analysis.
• Personal narrative is a form of literary nonfiction wherein writers use story,
description, and reflection to discover both the autobiographical and wider
cultural significances of life events. It’s a way of making sense of ourselves and the world.