One Topic Two Ways

For this assignment, you will choose one topic and write two (2) separate and distinctly different essays. Each essay must adhere to the requirements of a classical rhetorical strategy for essays, and you must use the appropriate outline as indicated below:

Strategy / Organizational Pattern
Narration / Chronological
Description / Paragraph I
a. Opening Topic Sentence/Attention Getter
b. The Place I am writing about
c. Brief feeling about the place
d. Sensory Detail
Paragraph II
a.Description of another specific location within the same place
b.Factual Details
c.Sensory Detail with vivid language
Paragraph III
a.Description of another specific location within the same place
b.Factual Details
c.Sensory Detail with vivid language
Paragraph IV
a.Restatement of feeling about place with further expansion
b.Additional Details
c.Clincher statement
Process Analysis / Sequential Order, including
  • What process are you trying to explain? Why is it important?
  • Who are the readers? What knowledge do they need to understand this process?
  • What skills/equipment are needed for this?
  • How many steps are there in the process?
  • Why is each step important?
  • Do any cautions need to be given?
  • Does the process have definitions that need to be clarified?

Cause Effect / I. Cause: Expanding the issues
Effect: Lose focus on original issues
Effect: Cycle of defensive responses
II. Cause: Personal attacks
Effect: Negative emotions
Effect: Win-Lose orientation
Compare Contrast / I. Cost of Tuition
Two-year
Four-year
II. Quality of Education
Two-year
Four-year
III. Educational Programs
Two-year
Four-year
Classification / Introduction
  1. Introductory sentence to hook reader’s attention
  2. Main topic/categories
  3. Thesis statement with controlling idea restricting the types/classes of the subject by putting in a number
Body Paragraphs
Category One (Less Important)______
Detail of Category
Main Category Two
Detail of Category
Category Three (Most Important)
Detail of Category
Conclusion
  1. Summary of categories
  2. Restatement of thesis statement

Definition / Introduction
A. Attention getter
1. You may want to include the traditional or dictionary definition here to provide a basis for your personal definition.
2. You may want to open with a contradictory image to what would be your image to illustrate that definition.
B. Thesis: State how you define the term. If you can write the definition using specific points, you will find the definition easier to follow when writing the paper.
II. Body
A. Background information:
1. Often unnecessary in this type of paper
2. However, you may need to provide some background about the term or your connection to the term.
B. Point one
1. The first part of your definition of the term.
2. Example to illustrate that point.
3. Analysis of how the example illustrates the point.
C. Point two
1. The second part of the definition of the term.
2. Example to illustrate that point.
3. Analysis of how the example illustrates the point.
D. Point three
1. The third part of the definition (if there is one)
2. Example to illustrate that point.
3. Analysis of how the example illustrates the point.
E. Point four, etc.
III. Conclusion
A. Review your definition’s main points
B. Closing attention getter
1. Sometimes a reference back to the opening attention-getter is a good way of unifying the entire essay.
2. You may want to close with an explanation of how your definition has affected you.
Example / Examples or illustrations should be used to develop the essay, regardless of strategy