a personal narrative is telling a true story from her life.

• Your personal narrative must show your reasoning behind your opinions
• It must provide specific examples from your personal experience, which will ultimately show your authority to write on your chosen topic.
• All (or at least a great majority) of what you write must be based on what you already know and have experienced directly yourself.
• By using specific examples of what happened to you directly or of what you personally observed happening to friends or family members, you’re providing your own unique, distinctive perspective on the topic.

I picked to talk about how growing up my love for art and welding helped make my college choice