Please answer the following questions in complete sentence and paragraph format directly on this document. Although this is not a formal essay assignment, proper spelling, grammar, and sentence structure are required. Re
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Please answer the following questions in complete sentence and paragraph format directly on this document. Although this is not a formal essay assignment, proper spelling, grammar, and sentence structure are required. Review the required resources for this assignment to assist you in understanding terminology employed in this template.
Part I: Defining Topic
What single meaningful moment in time in your life have you chosen to narrate? Be sure you are choosing one of the possible prompts noted in the assignment, and take care to cover the following very specifically: What, When, Where, Who, Why.
[Insert your response in at least one full paragraph of 5-7 sentences here.]
Part II: Analyzing the Rhetorical Situation
When writing in the Narrative Rhetorical Pattern, our reader craves sensory detail (colors, shapes, patterns, light/dark, sounds, smell, touch sensations), as well as action and impact (relevance to the reader’s own world, a sense of satisfaction and/or inspiration). Our purpose should be to bring our reader right into the moment with us in every way possible, to allow the reader to experience that moment with us. To ensure you meet the needs of your reader and your purpose for writing this essay, please answer each question below:
1. List at least two specific colors (in other words, not just “red” but “tomato red,” not just blue, but “sky blue”) and the items in your moment associated with them.
[Insert your response in at least two complete sentences here.]
2. List at least two specific shapes (in other words, “perfectly rounded, like a globe” and “sharp as a blade of grass”) and the items in your moment associated with them.
[Insert your response in at least two complete sentences here.]
3. List at least two specific sounds (in other words, “the soft chirping of crickets” and “the roar of waves”) and the items in your moment associated with them.
[Insert your response in at least two complete sentences here.]
4. List at least two specific smells (in other words, “a smell like city garbage” and “a soft, pleasant scent, like line-dried bedsheets”) and the items in your moment associated with them.
[Insert your response in at least two complete sentences here.]
5. List at least two specific touch sensations (in other words, “silky” or “rough, like sandpaper”) and the items in your moment associated with them.
[Insert your response in at least two complete sentences here]
6. Optional: If your moment involves taste, list at least two specific taste sensations (in other words, “gritty and sweet” or “slimy and bitter”) and the items in your moment associated with them.
[Insert your response in at least two complete sentences here.]
7. List at least two specific emotions you felt in the moment (in other words, “a sense of loss” and “a yearning for more”) and why you felt that way.
[Insert your response in at least two complete sentences here.]
8. List at least two specific emotions you feel now, looking back on the moment (in other words, “joy in moving on” and “a longing to go back”) and why you now feel that way.
[Insert your response in at least two complete sentences here.]
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