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    1. When writing a personal narrative for class, first consider the prompt your teacher assigned you. Then, freewrite about topics that are of general interest to you.

      Very good to do as it will open up your brain to good ideas and it will allow you to write a lot easier.

    2. The intention or purpose may be to expound on the grieving process (catharsis), or to encourage an emotional response from the reader, for example, making a person laugh or cry.

      It is a good sign if the reader is very engaged and feeling all of the emotions, it means you have got through to the reader.

    3. a personal narrative is a form of creative writing that tells a story about personal experiences.

      Personal Narratives are very important to have very good, strong, and organized writing as it will keep the audience engaged.

    1. When selecting a topic, you may also want to consider something that interests you or something based on your own life and personal experiences.

      Very important so you have a good writing flow without getting writers block.

    2. Effective writing can be simply described as good ideas that are expressed well and arranged in the proper order.

      Being organized can lead to a great piece pf writing.

    3. Just as you need a recipe, ingredients, and proper tools to cook a delicious meal, you also need a plan, resources, and adequate time to create a good written composition

      Everything has its steps and it is important to follow them if we want successful results.

    1. However, PIW predominantly and most generously enables white people to dismiss race and promote colorblindedness.

      This is very typical and common. Anything white people do it is always just swept under the rag with no problem and zero consequences all soothes don't look bad.

    2. This includes the lack of access to the levels of generational wealth that whites have, and being denied privileges associated with freedom, safety and security, which are typically afforded to whites.

      This is such a common problem. White people tend to have more privileges financially and it is typically what makes it harder for people of different races to be equal to them and that's why we see such a major inequality.

    1. Relatedly, white settlers would see Africans as dark and therefore opposite of them, having protruding lips and often created caricatures with images of dark people with huge lips.

      This is an example of stereotype as well as an example of racism by saying only black people have protruding lips.

    1. An assignment sheet may be lengthy, but resist the temptation to skim it. Observe and interpret every detail of the text

      Doing this definitely makes it harder than It is truly is because we tend to look at it and think "Omg this is a lot" and we start getting overwhelmed by it.

    2. That process works for her; however, that process might not work for you. We are all different. Our brains respond differently to the task of writing

      This is very true we all take information in different ways and we all respond different to it due to us thinking and doing our work differently.

    3. waiting until the night before the due date, writing until far past her bedtime, getting only three hours of sleep, and turning in the assignment.

      I think we all tend to do that from time to time and it does affect our quality of writing.