In this paper, you will address a memory that has had some significant effect on your life. In your first essay, as in this one, your own experience provided the jumping-off point for your essay. You did not merely relate an event that influenced you, but reflected on how that event has shaped your thinking as a writer, especially as an academic writer. You might convince or persuade someone of something, inform or instruct someone about an issue or topic, explain or interpret something you saw or read, answer a question you have about something, or center on any other purpose that is appropriate to your own interests and personal knowledge of the subject. As you begin to explore your topic, a purpose should reveal itself to you and provide you with a focus for your essay.
Critical reflection is the key here.
The guidelines for this paper will be decided in class. The first page should include your name, class, instructor's name, and date in the top left corner. Please have an original title for your paper, centered below the above information. Please include page numbers in the top right corner of each page. All papers should be typed in 12 point font and double spaced.