Problem: Article: Most personal narratives use a first person narrator, the “I.” Using the first person will make it easier for you to write the essay from your perspective and your personal experiences. Tell the personal narrative in your voice using “I” so the reader gets a sense of your point of view. You may need to use a mixture of tenses throughout the narrative. For instance, the answer to the prompt or the narrative you discuss may be written in the present tense, while an anecdote or narration of a story may be written in the past tense, as it has already happened. Even though your essay is personal, it should still have a thesis statement. Your thesis statement should appear after the hook in the final sentence of the introduction (though there may be sentences between the hook and the thesis).  The thesis statement in a narrative essay can explore the events of the story in a brief way. Or it can tell the reader about the moral or lesson learned through the personal experience. You can also present the main theme in the essay in the thesis statement. For example, if you are writing an essay about your personal experience as a refugee, you may have a thesis statement that presents the theme of freedom. You may write, “My journey is just one of many. We all came to a new country carrying nothing more than hope and memories of the past.” Your personal essay should include a body section where you present supporting evidence for your thesis statement. The supporting evidence can be in the form of commentary that address the prompt as well as in the events of the story you are telling. Do this chronologically so it is easy for the reader to follow. Or use terms to frame time, such as “now,” “later,” or “then” if you decide to jump around in time when telling the story. For example, you may have three supporting body paragraphs where you tell your personal narrative based on the theme of your essay. You may start with your experience of “freedom” in your home country in the first paragraph, followed by your experience of the same theme in your new country in the second paragraph. Most personal narratives end with a moral or lesson stated in the concluding paragraph. This paragraph should include a reflection on how the personal experience shifted or changed you in the present. Consider why the personal event is significant and meaningful to you. For example, you may end the essay by stating the lesson or moral you learned from the personal experience. Or you may note how the experience has positively affected your life now.
Summary: Use the first person voice. Have a thesis statement. Include supporting body paragraphs. End with the moral of the narrative.

Problem: Article: Measure your pegboard first, then use masking tape to create a rectangle on your workbench that matches your board's measurements. For example, if your board is 2 by 4 feet (0.61 by 1.22 m), make your rectangle 2 by 4 feet (0.61 by 1.22 m). If you have a lot of tools, consider grouping them based on type first. For example, you could place all of the screwdrivers into 1 group, and all of the saws into another. Play around with the positioning. Rather than keeping everything in neat, horizontal rows, try placing some items in vertical or diagonal rows. If you need to, use a ruler to find the exact position of a certain tool in your masking tape rectangle, then transfer those measurements to your pegboard. Insert peg hooks through the holes on your board.  Short hooks are great for small, lightweight items, such as rolls of masking tape. Long, thick hooks are better for heavier items, such as drills and saws. Use specialized hooks to hang specific items, such as circular saws. A well-stocked hardware store should carry them. Most tools will have some sort of loop at the top so that you can hang them. If they don't have hanging loops, read on to the next section to find other ways in which to hang your tools. For example, you can clamp a binder clip onto a canvas pouch, then slide the binder clip over a peg hook. Sometimes, hooks sit a little too loose in their peg holes. If you find that your hooks wobble too much as you move your tools around, you can tack them down with pegboard clips. Alternatively, coat the prongs on your hooks with hot glue before you pop them into place. This way, if you need to remove multiple tools at once, you can put them back onto the right hooks. Plain black marker will work just fine, but you can use multiple colors if you painted your board white. For example, you can outline your scissors using orange and gray markers.
Summary: Use masking tape to create a box the same size as your board. Arrange the tools in the box how you want them to hang on the board. Attach peg hooks onto your board in the appropriate areas. Hang your tools on the hooks. Reinforce hooks with pegboard clips, if needed. Trace your tools onto the board with permanent marker, if desired.

Problem: Article: This is not the most accurate method, but it's an easy, useful step to take while tracking other data. Purchase or create a calendar to begin keeping track of your monthly menstrual cycles. Circle the first day of your cycle, which is the day you start your period. Keep track of the duration of the cycle, which typically averages 28 days.  Record the number of days in each cycle, including the day you start your period. The last day of each cycle is the day before your next period starts. Keep tracking your cycle this way for eight to twelve cycles. The more cycles you have to reference, the more accurate the calendar method will be. Once you have at least eight cycles recorded, you can turn the data into a chart. List the day of the month your period began in one column, and the number of days in that cycle in a second column. Alternatively, you can use an online ovulation calculator such as the WebMD Ovulation Calculator. Make sure all of the information described below is included in the calculation, or it may be a less effective prediction. It’s difficult to pinpoint the exact day you’ll ovulate using only a calendar. Instead, a calendar is useful for predicting the range of days during which you will be fertile, which can be a different length for each woman, as described below:  Predict the first fertile day in your current cycle by finding the shortest cycle in your chart. Subtract eighteen from the total number of days in that cycle to find your first fertile day, meaning the first day in your cycle when pregnancy could occur. For example, if your shortest cycle lasted 26 days, your first fertile day would be the 8th day in each cycle (26 - 18 = 8), counting the day you began your period as day one. Predict the last fertile day in your current cycle by finding the longest cycle in your chart. Subtract eleven days from the total number of days to find the last fertile day in your cycle. For example, if your longest cycle lasted 31 days, your last potentially fertile day in each cycle would be the 20th day in the cycle (31 - 11 = 20). Note that the more regular your cycle duration is, the more effective this method will be.
Summary: Track your menstrual cycle alongside other methods. Make a chart of the cycle durations. Use your chart to predict the fertile period in your current cycle.

Problem: Article: Doing so takes you to the app's camera screen. Your video can only be 10 seconds long, so choose a subject that can be captured in a short clip. Tap the button with two arrows in the upper-right corner of the screen to switch between the front-facing and rear-facing lenses.  The front-facing camera works best for selfies because you can see yourself on the screen as you shoot the video. Tap and hold anywhere on the screen to activate Snapchat Lenses. Lenses use face-recognition technology to add effects, like dog ears, to people. Scroll left across the capture button and follow any onscreen prompts to see what the lenses do. It's the larger circle at the bottom center of the screen. As you hold the button, the white outer circle will turn red, indicating the duration of the video, and a solid red circle will appear in the center of the capture button to show that your camera is recording. Doing so will stop the recording. Your video will stop automatically after 10 seconds, when the outer circle of the button is completely red.
Summary:
Open Snapchat. Select a subject for your video. Select a camera mode. Press and hold the capture button. Release the button.