Perspectives Radio Essay

Assignment Guidelines

To  write your own Perspectives Radio Essay, you will want to return to your short story ( attached). Reflecting on your story, think critically about this moment in your life and an insight you drew from this experience.  Avoid, however, the temptation to spout idioms. Insights are different from  idioms. An idiom simply supports what we call conventional wisdom, for example, "Work hard and you'll succeed," or "Cherish those you love, for they may not be with you one day." Instead, consider what it is about this moment that surprised you? What about this moment is especially interesting or worth discussing. Is there a point that you want to make? 

Please see the attachment file. Use the attatchment story in the file to complete this assingment, I also ask you to rewrite the attached story again but make it shorter and instead of the story being 2 pages please make surmrize it about half page. 

The Perspectives Radio Essay can be broken down into three parts:

1. Introduce: Choose a scene from your story ( the story is attached below) that would work well for introducing this topic. Begin with a strong appeal to pathos and avoid commentary. Practice using narrative to grab our attention and pull us in instead of making a general statement or voicing your opinion.
2. Reflect: After you've grabbed our attention, use this occasion to reflect on this experience. Explain to the audience why you told this story and what is significant about the story. Remember though you want to reflect on this and focus your listeners attention on something that would be of interest to this particular audience versus say your family or the people who know and love you. 

3. Conclude: End your short radio essay with a complex/strong statement. Make a point, but be careful not to simply fall back on an idiom of sorts. As mentioned, there is a difference between an idiom, a generally accepted idea, and an insight. You want to avoid the moralizing or teaching a lesson, and instead offer some insight on a subject that you have experience with.