The Lyrical Essay unit in English challenged us to research a topic of our choice and represent it through the hybrid genre of the lyrical essay. We used a blend of narrative, expository, and poetry writing to explore unique ways of capturing our subject of choice.
I chose to write a lyrical essay about psychology and cinematography. The process began with research. I gathered sources, annotated them, and organized them into my lyrical essay to support my central idea. From there, I weaved in poetic, narrative, expository, and experimental elements to represent my topic in a creative and thoughtful way. My favorite thing I did with my essay is incorporate narrative elements in the format of a screenplay. I thought it was a unique way to tell a story while exposing readers to how stories are translated to film. You can read my essay below:
This was probably my favorite essay to write. I really enjoyed being creative with the formatting to find the most effective ways to express my ideas.