Week Two Blog Prompt

Narration is just one of many strategies for developing an essay. Narrative writing is essentially telling a story, often relying on personal experience. Effective narrative writing:

1. is told from a particular point of view,
2. makes and supports a point (has a purpose),
3. is filled with precise detail,
4. uses vivid verbs and modifiers,
5. uses conflict and sequence as does any good plot,
6. may use dialogue.

For your blog assignment this week, you are to write a narrative consisting of about 400-500 words. I want you to choose a vivid childhood memory - for example, you might think of the first time you rode a school bus, of a time when you went to the principal's office, of a first encounter with a friend, of a first A on a test or paper, of the first time you earned money to buy something you really wanted, and so on. Narrate events related to that childhood memory so that your reader will understand why the event was important and memorable. 
After watching the TEDtalk, "How Reliable is your Memory?," do you trust how well you have remembered the event that you narrated?  Is it important? Why or why not?