Assignment

What is a personal essay? $($personal essay is the same thing as Narrative Essay$)$

A personal essay is a piece of writing that serves to describe an important lesson gathered from a writer's life experiences. The essay often describes a significant event from a firstperson perspective and can be done in various writing styles, like a formal essay or as creative nonfiction. $($books$,$ poems, speeches, etc$)$

Please post. your answer to these questions on the discussion board:

What have you read that is an example of a personal essay? Explain why you would consider it a personal essay.

Did you read it in a school setting or for fun?

What are other examples of personal essays that we see every day? $($ex: articles, blogs, medial