engl 025 T&Nikki
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Understanding the ENG 025 Essay (please do two of these because my sister and I are in the same class, and do one for me and one for her)
1. Underline, circle, or highlight important words and phrases in the Essay Instructions prompt.
2. Reflect on what the prompt is asking you to do (the purpose of the essay) and what past writing experiences have prepared you to successfully complete this essay.
3. Watch Tara Westover’s talk:
4. Although Westover is not responding to the same prompt as you are, consider in what ways her talk might meet the task.
5. WRITE AND SUBMIT: In your own words, reflect on what the prompt is asking you to do and what past writing experiences have prepared you to complete this essay successfully. (You are not writing the whole essay for this assignment)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfWuFCGV19g&t=11s
essaybrainstormingforreflection.docx
ENG 025: Essay 1
This first essay offers you an opportunity to practice the process of writing an essay step by step, from brainstorming through final revising.
The Assignment
Write an organized, well developed essay that describes three characteristics that make you who you are.
Brainstorming
The first step is generating ideas for your essay. As a prewriting activity, you will complete a “Where I’m From Poem” that will help you reflect on the meaningful people, places, and experiences that have shaped who you are.
Organizing
This essay includes three main parts:
· Introduction and Thesis Statement
· Three Body Paragraphs
· Conclusion
Each week, you will build one part of the essay.
A successful essay will include the following:
· Full MLA header on the left side of the first page
· Page header on the right side of each page
· 12-point Times New Roman font, double spaced
· Original title
· Introduction paragraph with a hook, narrowing section, and thesis statement
· Thesis statement that clearly identifies the three characteristics you will develop
· Three body paragraphs, one for each of the characteristics in your thesis
· A clear topic sentence for each body paragraph
· Description and details that develop each paragraph
· Conclusion paragraph that restates the idea of your thesis statement
· Correct sentence structure that avoids fragments, fused sentences, or comma splices
