Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Thu, Feb 10 Blog Assignment

CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITING ASSIGNMENT (Elizabeth Gilbert-inspired):
Please portray a memorable and impactful conversation you have had with someone in your family - parents, siblings, or extended relatives. Like the excerpt from "Eat, Pray, Love," this conversation should be set up with an introduction that establishes its context and concluded with related action that provides a satisfying conclusion. In other words, don't just provide a transcript of the words you said; make it a story. Even nonfiction has a narrative flow.

This assignment will be graded on the following criteria

Descriptiveness (show versus tell) 5 points
Structure (beginning, middle, and end) 5 points
Style (quality of writing, word choice, sentence variety, expressiveness) 5 points

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