Prewriting and Planning for Profile Essay
Profile Essay Prewriting
Prewriting and planning are essential to writing an effective essay, so for this week’s assignment, you will complete the prewriting and planning steps of the process for developing the Profile Essay. To complete the prewriting assignment, you will submit one document (using the Profile Essay Prewriting and Planning Template) that includes ALL of the following:
- Answers to the prewriting questions (40 points).
- A complete outline of your essay (60 points).
- Generate ideas for the profile essay
- Create a strong outline and thesis statement
- Identify common problems with pronoun-antecedent agreement, wordiness, faulty comparisons, adjectives, and adverbs
APA format a MUST
Will attach Prewriting template
Will attach essay requirements/grading rubric
Answer preview
Part I
- Who will you write about? Why do you want to write about this person?
I will talk about John. John is one of my close coworker in the hospital, even though John is not his real name. I want to write about John is because he is one of the best problem-solving people I know.
- What kind of profile will you write? For example, will you focus on a specific moment in the person’s life, an average day, a moment when he or she had 15 minutes of fame or a psychological examination?
I will write a profile focusing on a specific moment in John’s life. John, together with the other two of my friends, was faced with a life-threatening situation within the hospital that involved one of our patients, but he came up with a solution that saved him.
- Why should my readers care about this person?
People face different situations in life that are life-threatening and requires one to make innovative decisions. It requires courage to face these situations, and readers should emulate John’s kind of courage….
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