Literacy Autobiography Essay
Assignment

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In this essay, you should narrate, describe, and evaluate an experience that significantly shaped or reshaped your attitude toward literacy. Your experience need not be text bound; it can include a variety of mediums such as dance, art, music, etc. Your essay should be 3-5 pages long, typed, double-spaced, with one-inch margins. Your grade will be based on the following criteria:

· You must convey the significance of your chosen event.
· Your readers should clearly understand the power of your experience. You should clearly detail your experience and your attitude. It should focus on the change that took place.
· Your introduction should engage the interest of your reader and retain his/her attention.
· Use pacing techniques such as time markers, verb tense markers, flashback and flash-forward to represent the passage of narrative time.
· Include conflict, tension, and suspense as useful devices to engage your reader.
· Use descriptive devices such as dialogue and/or point of view to create a vivid impression.
· Dialogue should be realistic and substantially add to the understanding of a character.