PN+Eric

Assignment: Your assignment is to write a narrative about a formative moment in your life that somehow defined who you are (the event changed you or you learned about an important idea). You must include several paragraphs that reflect on how you changed, what did you learned, and WHY is it significant.

Directions: Fill in the information below as completely as possible.

Purpose: Your purpose is to explain, from your POV, a moment in your life that somehow defined who you are. Be as specific as possible. Focus in on one or two main events that demonstrate the change (or idea learned). What is your specific purpose in this narrative - what change are you demonstrating (or idea learned)? How few words can bring tragic consequences.

Audience: Who is your audience? Audience is a users of the internet.

Thesis: In one sentence state the main idea of this story from the 1st person POV. (This is how you changed or what you learned.) How abusive comments can hurt people’s feeling.

Description of Character (this is you) Looks like: a body Age:15 Motivation / Objective: (What do you want?) To relieve the stress.

Setting: Where does the narrative take place? In his house When does the narrative take place? After school, afternoon

Plot: In chronological order, list the main events of the story / narrative. Hint: focus your narrative on the key moment where the change occurred. -Failed the test, and stressed about his academic ability. -Comes home and looking for a way to relieve the stress. -Decides to put abusive comments on the internet since safety and his privacy is guaranteed in hypothetical world. -After putting abusive comments, goes to living room and turns on the TV. -Finds out that a famous actress committed suicides because of her depression caused by abusive comments. -Regretting and try to figure out why he did put abusive comments. -Tried to blame on the actress that she should have been endure to abusive comments. -Figured out that he was just trying to relieve his pain by giving pain to people.

Conflict: What is the major problem in the story that produces the change in you? Describe this conflict in several complete sentences. After looking at actress’s death because of the depression caused by abusive comments, character was able to look back and try to figured out why he had done that. First he didn’t know what he had done is wrong but eventually figures out how he did something wrong.

Dialogue: Are there any key moments in the story where dialogue would be effective? List these moments here. In the television When reporter and announcer are discussing about the famous actress’s death.

Sensory Details: List any sensory details that will be important in your narrative: sight, smells, sounds, tastes, touch, and movement. Sounds that's coming out from the television.

Reflection / Analysis section: (this section is critical) How did you change? What did you learn? Why is it significant? I decided not to give a pain to other people to just relieve my pain, and think about other people.

**Part II: Prewriting (post on your PN wiki page)**

 * Assignment**: Your assignment is to write a narrative about a formative moment in your life that somehow defined who you are (the event changed you or you learned about an important idea). You must include several paragraphs that reflect on how you changed, what did you learned, and WHY is it significant.

Directions: Fill in the information below as completely as possible.

Your purpose is to explain, from your POV, a moment in your life that somehow defined who you are. Be as specific as possible. Focus in on one or two main events that demonstrate the change (or idea learned). What is your specific purpose in this narrative - what change are you demonstrating (or idea learned)? How a dangerous experience can innovate and change your life.
 * Purpose:**

Who is your audience? The reader.
 * Audience:**

In one sentence state the main idea of this story from the 1st person POV. (This is how you changed or what you learned.) I nearly drowned in a fountain after falling into it.
 * Thesis:**

Looks like: A little and energetic boy Age: 7 Motivation / Objective: Fountain Incident
 * Description of Character** (this is you)

Where does the narrative take place? In a Californian plaza in LA. When does the narrative take place? When I was 7 years old, before I was able to swim.
 * Setting:**

In chronological order, list the main events of the story / narrative. **Hint:** focus your narrative on the key moment where the change occurred.
 * Plot:**

1. Following my mom shopping in a plaza where we always go. 2. Had a great time as usual, buying things we needed and eating at Burger King. 3. Always played around a huge water fountain, and walking around and even ran around it. 4. One day, I slipped and fell in, and I couldn't swim. 5. I was practically drowning when a guy of about 15 jumped in and "saved" me. 6. Tragically learned I had to learn to swim. 7. Had swimming lessons and started to enjoy swimming. 8. After being able to swim, even saved my younger brother from drowning too.

What is the major problem in the story that produces the change in you? Describe this conflict in several complete sentences. 1. Due to the fact that I couldn't swim, I almost drowned. 2. Someone saved me during the incident. 3. I was innovated to learn how to swim. 4. Brought change in my life. (Later got to save brother)
 * Conflict:**

Are there any key moments in the story where dialogue would be effective? List these moments here. The moment of drowning and the boy saving me.
 * Dialogue:**

List any sensory details that will be important in your narrative: sight, smells, sounds, tastes, touch, and movement. Sight, touch, feeling of water
 * Sensory Details:**

How did you change? What did you learn? Why is it significant? I learned how to swim, learned that there is always an innovation for someone wanting to do something, and I think it is significant because experience is the best way for being influenced.
 * Reflection / Analysis section**: //(this section is critical)//