I notice that much of the material makes extensive use of imagery, similes, and metaphors to clarify their point. I also notice that the writing is in the past tense, which I believe is important. When writing a story, especially one about education and awareness, using previous experiences helps the reader connect with the text and understand the overall meaning of the text. The closer I am to a story, the more I comprehend and write about it. Historical occurrences are also what I notice in this style of writing, particularly in Audre Lorde’s “The Fourth of July,” because the other felt her past contacts and some of the historical events that occurred during the segregation period made her overall piece very plain to grasp. These are also incredibly instructive in the sense that they are always attempting to deliver a message while reading.

If I begin my own narrative, I intend to begin with one of my past experiences that I have encountered in school or elsewhere and pick up from my memory and write off from there, or I intend to use current events and relate them to my past or generally speak about them in order to raise awareness of the specific issue or current event.

Some questions that I still have are:

Does it matter the way I structure this particular type of genre in my writing?

What can I use other than a past experience to write this type of genre?