Tues. Oct. 25, 2016: Step Three: The Essay

Today, I gave you step three of the essay. I have pasted the notes below. In addition, I gave you a handout entitled "How to Write a Critical Analytical Essay Introduction in Seven Sentences (general Layout)

Step Three: Writing an Essay

You will now write a five paragraph essay in which you answer the following question:

How does a person’s personality impact outcomes?

In order to do this, you have already come up with some personality traits that can be used in your THREE body paragraphs. You now must look at each character and determine how that person’s personality has led to the outcomes (the life) that person is living now.

You must use the short story “Harrison Bergeron.” You must use three characters.

Here’s how I would approach this:

I already HAVE personality traits for each character as I have kept up in class (yay me!).

I will examine the question and define unknown or confusing words:

How = cause/ effect

               = the steps

impact (a verb: action word) = influence

I will now chart the personality traits and outcomes for the characters I have:

Character	Personality	Outcomes
George Bergeron
Harrison Bergeron
Hazel Bergeron
Diana Moon Glampers
Head Ballerina
Announcer

I will now determine which, if any, traits directly influence the outcomes and cross out the ones that don’t.