Outline
I. Thesis: Spiritually burdened by a marriage with drugs, alcohol, and drama, I failed to achieve a higher education.
II. Topic Sentence 1: Graduation to high school brought about new activities with a new group of friends and enemies. Example a: Introduction to marijuana. Example b: The third and fourth time. Example c: More excuses.
III. Topic Sentence 2: Greatly depending on my will-power, I set goals to never use drugs—regardless of how depressed I felt without them. Example a: She didn't notice her liquor bottles’ missing content. Example b: Luckily, most ghetto liquor stores didn’t have much concern. Example c: It didn’t take long for me to find …show more content…
After 22 years of my life being driven by alcohol, drugs and drama, I decided that I had enough. It took one year to check myself into a program of correction for behavior modification. That program rebuilt my self-worth, self-esteem, and provided me with a new foundation to lay my dreams. My new dreams have an opportunity to blossom beautiful flowers. I am now in great mental condition to achieve the goals that I once didn’t have the mental capabilities of producing. Los Angeles Technical Trade College…I am all …show more content…
It engages the reader and creates interest. Contains accurate and complete information regarding the topic to be described.______ Introduction contains a thesis statement. The thesis creates interest and is fairly well developed. But while it contains accurate and complete information regarding the topic being described, it is not very engaging.__________ The introduction does not contain a thesis statement. It does not introduce the central theme of the essay.BODY PARAGRAPHS__________ Each body paragraph contains a clear topic sentence that focuses each paragraph around one point. Details/examples in the body paragraphs are clear and well developed, and there are enough details to create vivid images in the reader's mind that creates a dominant impression._______ Some body paragraphs don't contain a clear topic sentence or might not have as strong a topic sentence as is needed. There are details/examples in each paragraph, but they might be either unclear or not presented effectively. Details do not create a dominant impression in the paragraph._______ Body paragraphs do not contain a topic sentence. Details/examples