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Personal Narrative: Nontraditional Writing

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I used a nontraditional introduction to draw attention to it. The grammar rule I broke was that I directly addressed the audience. This is not advisable in formal writing, but I felt that it fit with the tone of the paper and the message I was trying to get across. I use passive voice when I wanted to make sure the direct object was focused on. One instance is the sentence, “But when I was hired by Mr. Simmons that all changed.” I used it like this to put the focus on “I” who in this case is Mr. Grant. I wanted him to be the focus, not Mr. Simmons, especially since he is narrating this part. This sentence also starts with the word “but” which is a conjunction and not traditionally used at the beginning of a sentence, but (haha but) I wanted
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