English 120 Essay #1 Write an essay about a significant moment in your life that tells something about you to your readers. Choose a moment that will be engaging for your readers and that will, at the same time, tell them something about you. Try to avoid experiences that may be common to a lot of people. If you do use an event that is commonly experienced, try to make it unique in an unexpected way. Tell your story dramatically and vividly, giving a clear indication of its autobiographical significance. You will want to pay particular attention to combining features of narrative and description essays that we have been studying. Please note that since this essay is only 3-4 pages in length, you will need to focus the event on a very specific moment in time to be able to develop the various narrative features we will be discussing. The strongest essays are typically of moments that are about 1-2 hours in length.
