Task 5 Writing with Style
Carolina Torres Ramírez
Group 10
Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia – UNAD
Escuela de Ciencias de la Educación – ECEDU
Licenciatura en Lenguas Extranjeras con Énfasis en Inglés – LILEI
English Composition 518013A_1144
Cristian Felipe Canon
Tutor
December 11th 2022
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Table of Contents
Step 1. Topic’s Selection and Directions’ Interpretation …………………………………………3
Step 2 Pre-writing Strategy and Thesis Statement ……………………………………………….4
Step 3 Outline …………………………………………………………………………………….5
5-paragraph rough draft essay …………………………………………………………………..6-7
Step 4 Checklist ………………………………………………………………………………....8-9
Step 5 Essay Clean Copy …………………………………………………………………….10-11
References ……………………………………………………………………………………….12
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Step 1. Topic’s Selection and Directions’ Interpretation
Choose one of the following topics. Inform in the forum about the topic you chose so that
no topics are repeated among students. Interpret the directions given in the prompt by
breaking the assignment into its subject and direction words like we did in Task 1 and
share it in the forum.
While most of us strive for success, we are sometimes surprised to learn that it is not always a
good thing. In fact, some people believe it can lead to more difficult problems. Do you agree or
disagree?
Subject Direction
Develop a multi-paragraph response to the
assigned topic that clearly communicates Write and argue
your claim to the audience.
Organize your essay in a clear and logical
manner, including an introduction, body, Write and organize
and conclusion.
Edit your work to conform to the
conventions of standard American English. Revise and edit
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Step 2 Pre-writing Strategy and Thesis Statement
Choose the prewriting strategy you liked the most. Use it to generate ideas about the chosen
topic like we did in Task 2. Share your prewriting strategy in the forum.
My prewriting strategy is:
Freewriting: Free write on the assignment or general topic for five to ten minutes non-stop
It is not secret that we have all want to success at least once in our lives. There are several
situations that make us create purposes to rich our goals and deceive others, however, some of
these plans of being successful can generate stress, anguish, or pain, in the short or long term.
Therefore, it is important to reflect onour actions beforehand and to understand and understand
others. On the other hand, when we try to success in academic or work settings, it is important
to recognize that we are only conditioning ourselves and this will have long-term repercussions.
For example, when we want to excel and achieve success by meeting strict societal standards, we run
the risk of losing ourselves and not being able to enjoy every essential part of life even when this means
losing as many times as necessary to learn.
Based on your prewriting strategy, write a tentative thesis statement for the chosen
topic and three topic sentences that you could use for paragraphs in a rough draft.
Share it in the forum, too.
Thesis Statement
Being successful has positive and negative
points.
Topic sentence 1 Human beings have always wanted to be
successful
Topic sentence 2 To succeed is a subjective action
Topic sentence 3 We cannot live in a society that only spouts
successful actions
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Step 3 Outline and 5-paragraph rough draft essay
With the information from Step 2, create an outline and post it in the forum. Once you have
done it, write a 5-paragraph rough draft essay that includes an introduction paragraph, 3 body
paragraphs and the conclusion paragraph about the chosen topic like we did in Task 3.
Human beings have always
wanted to be successful
We cannot live in a
society that only
spouts successful
actions
Being successful has
positive and negative
points.
Succeed is a
subjective
action
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5-paragraph rough draft essay
Human Being has desired success since prehistoric times. Humans used success to
stand out in society, especially to show the skills they excelled in hunting and mating. From
this perspective, success was seen to highlight clan skills and a necessity to climb socially.
Therefore, wanting to succeed is justified in some situations and not in others. Today being
successful can be considered morally wrong in some life situations, especially if it is found to
be done from a narcissistic point of view. Well, for some it means to be successful, for
another not, because it depends on the determining perspective of said meaning.
Being successful is a subjective action that can be a way to escape from various life
situations. For example, when a person doesn't study for a test and cheats, it's a way to avoid
getting a bad grade, even if they risk getting caught. This leads to the use of incorrect actions
that lead to "success" at the cost of the use of bad actions such as lies. For instance, there are
several ways to achieve success, for example, when we strive to achieve our dreams in a
balanced way, enjoying the process, accepting the decisions we make even when they lead us
to be wrong at times, this can be defined as a balanced structure of the success. On the other
hand, there is the desire to achieve success even at the cost of our own peace, above our values,
and above the value of others, this is considered a harmful practice of anti-value to achieve it,
which ends up excluding it of its meaning and classifying it in an antonym.
It is important to keep in mind that what for some means to be successful for others is
not. It seems that success itself is limited to individual beliefs and value judgments as well as
cultural and societal standards. Well, if for someone being successful means having fame and
money for others it will mean having life, family, and health. Although the consumerist society
emphasizes and teaches us that it is only who has the first description.
On the other hand, we cannot live in a society that only spouts successful actions, it is necessary
to make mistakes and learn from them, to achieve success in interpersonal relationships. Make
some sacrifices can be justified, lies with an altruistic purpose that does not harm the other
person.
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Work hard for being successful is something common in our lives, sometimes we do so because
we want to reach our dreams. However, it is important to consider and analyze the situation
beforehand, to investigate if the person really wants to be deceived or has the capacity to bear
the success. Finally, it is important to work on the ability to accept our mistakes and be
responsible for our actions, enjoying the learning path of our lives.
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Step 4 Checklist
Deeply revise your essay to improve it using the checklist from Task 4. Share this revision in
the forum.
Checklist Items Answer
Content: What the essay says
Does the paper show what the title says? Yes. The document shows what the title says.
Does the introduction clearly explain what the
Yes, it does
paper is about? Does it prepare the reader for
what comes next?
Is the thesis statement clear and easy to
Yes, it is
understand?
Does each paragraph relate to the thesis
Yes, it does
statement?
Are the main ideas (Subtopics) – Topic
They are related, but do not support it.
sentences – related to the thesis stament? Do
they back it up?
Do the paragraphs support the thesis
The paragraph supports the thesis statements in
statement? Is the support specific? Is it
a convincing and specific way.
convincing?
Does the conclusion logically end the paper? The conclusion logically ends the paper and
gives a take-home message that stems from the
Does it give a take-home message that stems
rest of the paper.
from the rest of the paper?
Structure: How the essay reads
Does each paragraph have a topic sentence? Yes, each paragraph has one.
What is the main idea of each paragraph? The first paragraph is an introduction to the
subject of being successful and both sizes of
the coin; the second paragraph presents some
types of thinking about being successful; the
third paragraph talks about kind of successes
that are not justified; the fourth paragraph deals
with type of successes that can be justified; and
the last paragraph offers a short conclusion or
message on the subject.
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Do all the sentences in the paragraph support Yes, they do
the main idea?
How are the sentences in the paragraph They are well organized, as it is structured
into introduction, arguments, and
organized? Is this the most effective way to
conclusions.
organize them? Explain why or why not.
Are there any sentences that don’t follow the
Yes, there are some that don’t follow the
organization or that just don’t flow logically?
organization. For example: “Being successful
Give examples and explain what the problem is a subjective action that can be a way to
escape from various life situations. For
is.
example, when a person doesn't study for a test
and cheats, it's a way to avoid getting a bad
grade, even if they risk getting caught”
It is important to reorganize the ideas in those
sentences.
Mechanics: How the essay is written
Is the spelling correct? Did you use the spell
Some sentences have uncorrected spelling and
check on the computer or look up words you
structure errors.
weren’t sure about in a dictionary?
Is the grammar correct? Are there any
In some sentences there are run-over
sentence fragments or run-on sentences?
sentences.
Has the author used punctuation correctly?
Yes, the author has
Has the author correctly used capital letters?
Yes, the author has
Has the author used words correctly
No, the author hasn’t
throughout the paper?
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Step 5 Essay Clean Copy
Human Being has desired success since prehistoric times. Humans used success to
stand out in society, especially to show the skills they excelled in hunting and mating. So,
from this perspective, success was seen to highlight clan skills and a necessity to climb
socially. Therefore, wanting to succeed is justified in some situations and not in others.
Today being successful can be considered morally wrong in some life situations, especially if
it is found to be done from a narcissistic point of view. Well, for some it means to be
successful, for others not, because it depends on the determining people’s perspective.
Being successful is a subjective action that can be a way to escape from various life
situations. For instance, there are several ways to achieve success; for example, when we
strive to achieve our dreams in a balanced way, enjoying the process, accepting the decisions
we make even when they lead us to be wrong at times, this can be defined as a balanced
structure of the success. On the other hand, there is the desire to achieve success even at the
cost of our own peace, above our values, and above others’ values, this is considered a
harmful practice of anti-value to achieve it, which ends up excluding it of its meaning and
classifying it in an antonym.
It is important to keep in mind that, what for some means to be successful, for others
doesn’t. It seems that, success itself is limited to individual believes and value judgments as
well as cultural and social standards. Well, if for someone being successful means having
fame and money, for others it will mean having life, family, and health. Although the
consumerist society emphasizes and teaches us that it is only who has the first description.
On the other hand, we cannot live in a society that only spouts successful actions, it is
necessary to make mistakes and learn from them, to achieve success in interpersonal
relationships. In this other of ideas, we can infer that, make some sacrifices can be justified,
if the process conducts us to rich succeed in a healthy and proper way of our style of life.
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In conclusion, work hard for being successful is something common in our lives,
sometimes we do so, because we want to reach our dreams. However, it is important to
consider and analyze the situation beforehand, to investigate if the person really wants to be
deceived or has the capacity to bear the success. Finally, it is important to work on the ability
to accept our mistakes and be responsible for our actions, enjoying the learning path of our
lives.
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Muñoz, M. (2020). Unit 3: Post-Writing. In A Practical Guide to Writing (pp. 60-
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