Process Essay Assignment
Select one of the following topics and compose a clear, well-written directive process analysis.
Your reader should be able to understand and complete the process successfully by following your instructions. While use of the second person (“you”) may be appropriate in your introduction and/or conclusion, use the indefinite pronoun (“Next, one should make sure that…”) or the imperative mood (“Next, close the door…”) in the body of your essay, and be consistent: do not switch back and forth between “one” and “you,” either explicit or implied.
Topic Choices:
1.) How to perform a specific process associated with an unusual hobby or interest: for example, how to groom a horse, evaluate the worth of a baseball card, stretch and prep a canvas, et cetera. Do not attempt to explain an entire hobby, however; focus on just one process. Additionally, this should be an unusual hobby, not something like playing videogames or soccer.
2.) How to cope with a specific, unusual emergency situation: not how to administer CPR or how to administer first aid to someone badly cut, but what to do if pursued by an alligator or if your car goes off the Whitestone or George Washington Bridge, for example.
3.) How to master one specific important academic survival skill: taking notes, finding materials in the college library, registering for classes, and so on, but not how to study, write an essay, or read critically. Be sure to include your own, specific ideas, and be sure that your process analysis is written in such a way that it is genuinely useful to a new student.
