Draft #1 (20 points)
According to the professionals, living is . . .
Directions
Please provide a rough draft of your first essay.
Title it Draft #1.
Subtitle it According to the professionals, living is . .
Follow your outline. You can modify your outline after it has been submitted, but be sure to have an outline that corresponds to your draft.
Your essay should address what is required for living from the perspective of at least three individuals introduced in class. For example: Kubler-Ross, Plato and Socrates. Be sure to answer who, what, where and when for each of them. Who are they? What did they say about living? Where did they say this, in what work? Give examples. When did this take place?
Your introduction should have a strong, clear statement about what your essay will tell your reader. The body of your essay should introduce your reader to each individual covered in your essay by providing biographical information and explaining who they are. Then introduce their perspectives on the topic and the work(s) in which it is found. Give examples.
Finally, your conclusion should review what you have told your reader. Do not introduce any new information. In fact, restating your introduction but
changing it to the past tense may be your best strategy.
*A note on source citation. It is likely you will need to provide a source citation for each body paragraph. For this class you have two options: MLA or footnotes. For MLA format you will provide the author and page number at the end of a sentence or paragraph. (Silva, p.4). You will then need to provide a works cited page. Your works cited page should indicate the author, title, publisher, city and year of publication.
Alternatively you can provide a footnote. Instead of in-text citation in the form of (Author, p.#) you insert a number. At the bottom of the page on which the citation occurs, provide the full citation: author, title, publisher, date. 1
Advanced students should know to cite the original work being used, rather than simply indicating through which medium the work was accessed. For example, if Plato said it, then quote Platos work with Plato as the author.
1. Silva, T., Directions for Essay Writing, Class Handout, Bakersfield College, Fall 2019
Preferred Formatting:
Size 12 font (Times New Roman preferred but not mandatory)
1 inch margins
Text Left Aligned
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