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Personal Essay – Draft

For this writing assignment, you have two choices. Please select one of the following options for your essay:

Describe a person, place, or object that has special meaning in your life.
Describe a particular moment or occurrence in your life that had special meaning to you.
Use the techniques described in sections 6.3 and 6.4 of Essentials of College Writing and expand upon the prewriting done in the discussion forum for the past three weeks to provide specific details about the person, place, object, or event so that readers can visualize the subject and/or feel present in the story. Your description should be specific and appeal to the five senses. Please be sure to read and review the “Example Personal Essay – Draft” document before beginning your draft for more guidance on writing a descriptive essay.

This rough draft needs to be at least 550 words, and it should have a thesis statement that clearly states what you are going to be writing about. View the sample Personal Essay – Draft to guide you as you complete this assignment.

When submitting your draft, make sure to

Proofread your work for errors in grammar, mechanics, and style.
Format the essay according to the “APA Template” handout.
Perform a word count check to make sure the essay is 550 to 800 words in length.
Save the document as a Microsoft Word or compatible .doc or .docx file.
Use a naming convention that includes your last name, week number, and the assignment number (e.g., smith_w2_a1.doc).

2nd Assignment:

Week Three Journal – Paraphrasing

This week, you continue writing your journal entries. This journal is designed to give you practice in academic writing, which is very different from the personal essay writing that you have been practicing. Academic writing entails making a point and supporting that point with information from a reputable source. There are three ways to support a point with information from a source: quoting, paraphrasing, or summarizing. This week, you will practice paraphrasing a source and citing that source in your journal entry. Please be sure to read and review the “Example Journal Entry – Paraphrasing” document, which shows how quotations can be integrated.

Note: The journal assignment should not be confused with a personal journal. This activity requires organization, effective stylistics and grammar, and proper source incorporation. It is not a free-writing or reflective writing exercise.

Both of the personal essays we have read this week, “How to Say Nothing in 500 Words” and “Life Under the Chief Doublespeak Officer,” use narrative and/or descriptive elements (sections 6.3 and 6.4 in Essentials of College Writing, and each has a clear purpose.

Write about one of the essays assigned in this week’s readings. In 250 to 500 words

State the purpose of the essay.
Describe one descriptive writing pattern being used in the essay (refer to section 6.4 in Essentials of College Writing).
Explain why you think that descriptive writing pattern is used well by the writer. Incorporate a paraphrase from the essay and properly cite the essay.
Explain how you plan to use the same descriptive writing pattern in your personal essay.

Title of Your Essay

Your Name

Course Number & Title

Instructor's Name

Month Day, Year

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Title of Your Essay

Start the first paragraph here. It should introduce your reader to the subject you are

writing about, as well as your particular position or claim. Before you can create your first

paragraph, consider these “pre-writing” tips. You can use this template to help you format your

paper. For longer papers, include sub-headings or levels of heading.

The writing process

Spend time planning your paper. A good practice is to brainstorm ideas and decide how

to express the main idea or thesis. Once you have a rough idea of what you want to say or argue,

create an outline or list to help you organize the evidence you plan to present. For more

suggestions, please read about thesis statements on our Ashford Writing Center website: Thesis

Statements. Other helpful tools on our website are the Thesis Generator and Moving from

Prompt to Thesis.

Writing the body paragraphs

Each paragraph of your assignment should be clear and easy to follow. We have several

good resources to help you write a strong paragraph, such as How to Write a Good Paragraph

and the P.I.E. Paragraph Structure.

Using citations correctly

In addition to being well-written, each paragraph should include an in-text citation to all

ideas, references, or quotations that are from outside sources and research. The Ashford Writing

Center provides many resources to help you follow correct citation style (primarily APA) and

gives lessons and examples of how to paraphrase and cite sources. The APA Key Elements page

is a good place to start.

https://awc.ashford.edu/cd-formatting-headings%20in-apa-style.html
https://awc.ashford.edu/writing-tools-outline.html
https://awc.ashford.edu/essay-dev-thesis-statements.html
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https://awc.ashford.edu/essay-dev-prompt-to-thesis-handout.html
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https://awc.ashford.edu/essay-dev-good-paragraph.html
https://awc.ashford.edu/essay-dev-pie-paragraph.html
https://awc.ashford.edu/cd-in-text-citation-guide.html
https://awc.ashford.edu/cd-guidelines-for-quoting.html
https://awc.ashford.edu/cd-apa-key-elements.html
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References

The following are commonly used references. Please fill in the required information, and if you

need more help, see the AWC References page. References are listed in alphabetical order.

Ashford Textbook (Online edition): *

Author, A. (Year published). Title of book: Subtitle of book (edition, if other than the first)

[Electronic version]. Retrieved from from URL

Example: Witt, G. A., & Mossler, R. A. (2010). Adult development and life assessment [Electronic

version]. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/books/4

Online Journal Article (such as from the Ashford Library):**

Author, A. (Year Published). Article title. Journal Name, Volume(Issue), page range. doi:# or

Retrieved from journal’s homepage URL

**When including a URL for an online journal, you must search for the journal’s home page and

include this in your reference entry. You may not include the URL found through your

university library, as readers will not have access to this library.

Examples: Churchill, S. D., & Mruk, C. J. (2014). Practicing what we preach in humanistic and positive

psychology. American Psychologist, 69(1), 90-92. doi:10.1037/a0034868

Santovec, M. (2008). Easing the transition improves grad retention at Trinity U. Women in

Higher Education, 17(10), 32. Retrieved from

https://awc.ashford.edu/cd-apa-references-list.html
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http://www.trinitydc.edu/education/files/2010/09/Women_in_higher_

Ed_Trinity_Transistions_10_08.pdf

Online Magazine:*

Author, A. (Year, Month Date Published). Article title. Magazine Title. Retrieved from URL

Example: Walk, V. (2013, April 29). Can this woman fix Europe? Time. Retrieved from

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,213969.html

YouTube Video:*

Author, A. [Screen name]. (Year, Month, Day). Title of video [Video file]. Retrieved from URL

Example: Apsolon, M. [markapsolon]. (2011, September 9). Real ghost girl caught on video tape 14

[Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nyGCbxD848

Web Page:*

Author, A. (Year, Month, Date Published). Article title. Retrieved from URL

Example—Corporate web page: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2008). Police and detectives. Retrieved

from http://bls.gov/oco/pdf/ocos160.pdf

Example—Article or section within web page with no author: Presentation tools. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://web2014.discoveryeducation.com/web20tools-

presentation.cfm

*Please delete the headers and notes in this document before submitting your assignment.