Question

Think back to a memorable family vacation or other outing. What do you recall most clearly about it and why? Make a list of the details--objects, sounds, smells, tastes, colors, textures--that you remember. Write out the list and include these details in your paragraphs. Look at the box on page 42 of the textbook and copy those five sentences with the blanks filled in for the short essay you will write in this assignment.

Using your list as a basis, and your outline from page 42 as a guide, write at least three good paragraphs (at least 6 sentences each) describing the vacation or outing and where you went and what you did there. Consider describing how the place has changed since you first visited and how it remains the same. or consider what impression you now have of the place and why that impression has stayed with you.

• In this essay on ________, I want to present myself as ________; my purpose in writing is ________ to an audience of ________. My style of writing, therefore, should be ________.