Personal Narrtive and Analysis Essay
Now, it is your turn to write a Personal Narrative and to analyze it through our course lens of “What is
Literature?” To do this, you will first write your own Personal Narrative. It can take any form you would like: you
may write a story, a poem, an essay, etc. It should be a true story, but I will not be fact-checking what you write.
Do not feel obligated to share anything that makes you uncomfortable. Then, you will write an essay analyzing
your piece as a work of literature. Establish an overall reason that it is literary (teaches a lesson, creatively
crafted, universal subject, etc.) and find three literary elements in the piece to analyze to prove that claim. Your
essay should be five paragraphs:
*An introduction that establishes why your piece is literary overall (this statement should be your thesis).
* Three body paragraphs: each should analyze a unique literary element present in your work, showing how it
serves the piece’s overall lit value