STAAR Essays
Melissa Moffett & Camille Layen & Emma Zeske
Personal Narratives
- personal thoughts
- usually in 1st person POV
- a story that has happened to you
- written as if it were happening to you again
Expository Essays
- informative or persuasive
- not a story
- based on facts
- usually two examples including a universal (book, movie, etc...) and personal example (something that has happened to you)
Similarities
- they both include a personal example
- they both have a lesson
- usually have about four paragraphs
- focused on one subject