Use smiley-face tricks and/or other writing techniques to describe a place that is important to you but maybe underappreciated, taken for granted, or ignored. Try to think of someplace really unique to your personal experience. The impact of the place can be positive or negative, as long as you feel its impact gets overlooked or may go unnoticed. You may use description and/or narration to elaborate on the significance of the place, and your response should be 7+ sentences.


Begin with a one-sentence paragraph that makes a comparison, just like Tufecki’s piece!
I was transported recently to a place that is as enchanting to me as . . .