2-3 pages 500-750 words

 ESSAY ABOUT GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL AND THE CHALLENGES THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER.

Criteria

Your essay should contain the following basic features:

·  An introduction with an attention grabbing opening (hook), a well-defined message or argument (thesis), and any background information the reader needs to fully understand your story;  

·  Body paragraphs which a tell the story of your clear and specific, singular event that illustrates the essay thesis;

·  Vivid language that works to recreate the event, including descriptions of where the event took place, the people who were involved, and the things these people said and did. Vivid language that works to recreate the event, including descriptions of where the event took place, the people who were involved, and the things these people said and did. The Narrative and Descriptive Writing Lecture provides information and examples about descriptive and narrative writing.

·  A conclusion that briefly implicitly or explicitly reviews your story, reiterates the lessons you learned and that you hope the reader to learn, and provides a closing thought such as

o  why this event is still personally significant,

o  the state of your life since the event and how you feel about it,

o  future plans related to the event,

o  rhetorical questions for the reader, etc.

In addition to the above, the final draft of your essay should be:

·  From 250-500 words in length, typed in Times New Roman 12pt. font, double-spaced, with one-inch margins.

·  Uses APA style (a title page and citations as needed which are modeled in your APA guide),

·  Written in first person;

·  Edited for spelling, mechanical, grammatical, and typing errors