• Read Chapter 4 of Essentials of College Writing, paying close attention to the techniques for generating ideas.
• Review the Grading Rubric for this discussion.

• Think about which techniques might be more helpful for you when choosing topics.
• Start brainstorming three to five ideas for your personal essay.

• Provide your three to five ideas (in list format) for your Final Essay.
• Write a paragraph explaining how you used the techniques in Chapter 4 to come up with those ideas.
• Share what you think the key elements of a narrative are (i.e., what makes a good story work).

Your initial post must be 200 to 300 words in length. Support your claims with examples from the required material(s) and/or other scholarly sources, and properly cite any references in APA format.