Personal Essays

1. What was one idea that the writer gave in the Wide Range of Topics section that you can use as you start deciding on a topic?
Conversational topic or news stories

2. What was one idea the writer gave in the Opinions Pieces section that you should remember as you are writing your piece?
Details draw the reader in and generalizations keep them out 


3. List three suggestions the writer makes in the Personal Essays and Crafts section that you will use as you write.

• make connection; if you write about a global theme connect it to it to individual examples
• if every sentence begins wit "I" rephrase the sentence
• personal essays contain more opinion than facts