Write an essay about

  Essay Topic:  

Write an essay about the political, social, or economic  events (local, national, or international) that you believe have  dominated and defined your life (or a stage in your life). 

Use any combination of patterns you think is appropriate to explain  or illustrate why these events were important to you and how they  affected you. 1) Introduction paragraph

a) Begin discussing the details of the event 

i) Why are you writing about this event? How did it impact you? 

b) Include your thesis statement.

2)  Topic sentence with transition

Example #1: *Remember to arrange your examples in one of the following orders: chronological, increasing complexity, or increasing importance