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Example Outline for the Memoir paper.

Topic or event: Example = The day I almost drowned due to peer pressure.

Where: Minnehaha Falls Park.

When: Summer of my Senior of High School.

Who will be included: Mark, John, Rick, Chris and I.

Title: Pressure Drop

I. Introduction: (How will you begin your story?) The moment the crowd started chanting for me to jump.

II. Background (if needed): Going back to how/why we were jumping into the creek in the first place. Who was with me, some setting, and explanation of peer pressure involved.

III. Action: Working my way back to the moment I jump.

a. Fear and anticipation description

b. Feeling of flight

c. Hitting the water sensation

d. Sliding down the boulder

e. I’m drowning

f. I’m a hero

g. Surfacing and realizing no one cared

IV. After math/Realization: What I learned or what I gained from the experience.

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