Your ASSIGNMENT Write about events from your own life using a simple plot. Your true story should try to achieve some
kind of purpose, such as moving the reader emotionally or showing what's wrong with society. Your
assignment should also have a narrow enough focus that you can tell the entire story in under 1,000
words.
Your story should include the following elements:
• An exposition, rising action, a climax, and a conclusion
• Careful pacing that guides the reader from one event to the next
• Transitions to signal shifts in time, mood, and topic
Tips for SUCCESS

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance