Touchstones are projects that illustrate your comprehension of the course material, help you to refine skills, and demonstrate application of knowledge. You can work on a Touchstone anytime, but you can't submit it for grading until you have completed the unit’s Challenges. After you've submitted a Touchstone, it will be graded and counted towards your final course score.
Touchstone 1: Narrative NAME_1
Before you begin, consider revisiting the tutorial Determining Your Purpose and Audience. You might find it helpful to outline your purpose and audience for this Touchstone in 2-3 sentences to kick-start writing this personal narrative NAME_1.

ASSIGNMENT: Write a narrative NAME_1 about a single event using the techniques and elements of narrative writing that you have learned in this unit. Your NAME_1 must be approximately 500-800 words long.

Sample Narrative NAME_1

In order to foster learning and growth, all essays you submit must be newly written specifically for this course. Any recycled work will be sent back with a 0, and you will be given one attempt to redo the Touchstone.

A. Instructions

Choose a topic that enables you to tell a short, interesting personal narrative NAME_1. Your narrative can be funny, suspenseful, meaningful, or exciting, but it must focus on one event. For example, if you decide to write about traveling to Washington DC, you should not write about the entire trip. Choose one event (e.g., an afternoon you spent visiting the National Portrait Gallery, or shopping in Georgetown, or taking a