Submit a Draft of the Exemplification Essay

FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES CAREFULLY AND YOU WILL SUCCEED

There are 6 steps here. Pay attention to every one. Complete them all.

NOTE: DO NOT USE Artificial Intelligence services to produce any part of this assignment. I will not accept submissions which I deem to be AI-generated. This is a fundamental course and you owe it to yourself to master the practice before you proceed.

1. Review the guidelines in Module 2 Resources, above, “”

2. Write an Introduction to your essay. Your introduction should:

a. Describe the components of what makes a good life (financial security, family, etc)

b. Describe how practicing virtues makes the good life possible

c. State as the last sentence your thesis statement including the three practical virtues you have chosen to exemplify

3.Write your three Body Paragraphs. Each Body Paragraph should:

a. Define the virtue in your own words (e.g., what is courage? the absence of fear?). DO NOT quote from a dictionary or any other source. Bring your own thinking to bear on your definition.

b. Write a detailed example in which you describe how someone you know or have contact with has practiced the virtue (NO CELEBRITIES, HISTORICAL FIGURES, RELIGIOUS FIGURES–specific, real-world examples). USE as much detail as possible to evoke the experience for your reader. (Look up “evoke”–it’s a key word in our process.

c. Describe how practicing the virtue made a practical, observable difference for the practitioner (i.e., how did the person practicing the virtue benefit). DO NOT simply say the person felt good about themselves. We are looking for practical benefits of practicing virtue.

4. Write a Conclusion that does not simply recite your points. Instead, you can consider what particular difficulties are involved in practicing these specific virtues. Or you might discuss possible exceptions to the benefits principle–a situation in which practicing virtue is not rewarded. Or you might meditate on how virtues might be practiced too intensely or with a narrow focus–so when does courage become foolhardiness? when does patience mean tolerating injustice? (You can conclude with anything that extends your ideas or applies them more broadly; just don’t recite your main points.)

Checklist.

***My INTRODUCTION:

a. Describes the components of what makes a good life (financial security, family, etc)

b. Describes how practicing virtues makes the good life possible

c. States as the last sentence a thesis statement including the three practical virtues

***My BODY PARAGRAPH

a. Defines the virtue in my own words

b. Provides a detailed example (NO CELEBRITIES, HISTORICAL FIGURES, RELIGIOUS FIGURES–specific, real-world examples)

c. Describes how practicing the virtue made a practical, observable difference for the practitioner

MY CONCLUSION

a. Is not just a rote repetition of my points

b. Extends or reconsiders my thesis

5. Copy the Checklist into your document. Make it the first page. Type your name at the top and indicate you have satisfied the Checklist.

6. Submit your Draft here as a .DOC.

Do NOT submit PDF. Submit .DOC only.

NOTE: This Assignment is Pass/Fail. You will receive a grade on your revised essay in Module 4. You MUST submit these preliminary assignments to pass the course.