Directions for the Definition Essay
1. Write a 1,500-1,750-word essay using five to seven academic resources
2. Choose one of the required topics for this essay
3. Select a controversial case about organ sales or donation (which you might find in the news) that supports your topic
4. In the introduction of your essay, introduce the borderline or contested case chosen and give an overview of the term you will define (based on the list above)
6. In your fifth paragraph, you write a paragraph that addresses the opposition to your definition
7. Your sixth paragraph is your conclusion
8. This is a third-person essay
9. Make sure you have 5-7 SCHOLARLY references (peer-reviewed, not websites)
All essays in this class should be 5 or more paragraphs. If you need help with writing a standard, five-paragraph essay, please see the following video/site.
http://esl.about.com/cs/writing/ht/ht_essay.htm
1. Write a 1,500-1,750-word essay using five to seven academic resources
2. Choose one of the required topics for this essay
- Organs are considered personal property because...
- The organ shortage should be classified as a national emergency because...
- Black market organ trafficking is exploitative because...
- People who do not register as an organ donor are selfish because...
- Living organ donors should are real-life superheros because...
3. Select a controversial case about organ sales or donation (which you might find in the news) that supports your topic
4. In the introduction of your essay, introduce the borderline or contested case chosen and give an overview of the term you will define (based on the list above)
- Create three subtopics to support the term you are defining
- Clearly state which term you are defining and the three subtopics in your thesis statement
6. In your fifth paragraph, you write a paragraph that addresses the opposition to your definition
7. Your sixth paragraph is your conclusion
8. This is a third-person essay
9. Make sure you have 5-7 SCHOLARLY references (peer-reviewed, not websites)
All essays in this class should be 5 or more paragraphs. If you need help with writing a standard, five-paragraph essay, please see the following video/site.
http://esl.about.com/cs/writing/ht/ht_essay.htm