Unit 3 Essay Prompt: Personal Discovery (10 points)
Narrate a discovery you made through reading one of the personal discovery essays by Gloria Anzaldua or Vershawn Ashanti Young.
Choose a specific passage or a quote (or multiple passages/quotes, if you like) in the essay you read and talk about how it led you to understanding something new about yourself.
Personal Discovery Essay Structure (10 points)
In this personal discovery essay, devote at least one paragraph to the following:
Picking a passage or a quote in the essay you read and talking about how it led you to understanding something new about yourself.
Narrating how you came to your personal discovery. What was the mental journey you took–your thoughts, feelings, emotions–as you read the essay by Anzaldua or Young?
Describe the personal discovery you made. What is the discovery? How might your discovery impact or change other things in your life?
