A Collaborative Activity: Practice Remembering an Event
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Compare your thoughts with the others in your group on what was easiest and hard-
est about telling the story: for example, making the story dramatic; balancing your
account of what happened with your feelings and thoughts about it; deciding how
much to tell about the people involved.
Reading Remembered Event Essays
Basic Features As you read remembered event essays in this chapter, you will see how different authors incorporate the basic features of the genre.