• How to make a cake from scratch • How to change the oil in a ’57 Chevy • How to survive as a stowaway on an intergalactic space mission • How to give a cat a bath without making it mad • How to convince your little brother he was adopted
Purpose
The ability to write instructions clearly and descriptively is important. From farmers to firefighters, chemists to café owners, dancers to doctors, at some point every profession will require you to tell someone else how to do something. The goal of this essay is to increase your skills in describing how to follow a process to complete a task.
Assignment
Decide what process you would like to describe. It should have several steps which need description. You can choose whatever real or imagined process you want, as long as your reader can follow the steps to complete the task. Choose something of interest to you. Examples could be:
• How to make a cake from scratch
• How to change the oil in a ’57 Chevy
• How to survive as a stowaway on an intergalactic space mission
• How to give a cat a bath without making it mad
• How to convince your little brother he was adopted.
Important Questions to Address
• Who is your reader(s) and why is this process important to him/her/them?
• What preparation does the task require?
• Does your reader need special skills or knowledge?
• What sort of equipment, ingredients, or tools will be needed? Are there substitutions or alternatives for these?
• How long will each step take? Can the order of steps or tasks be changed? What would be the consequence (good and/or bad)?
• What will the results be if the reader follows the instructions? What could go horribly wrong?
• How to make a cake from scratch • How to change the oil in a ’57 Chevy • How to survive as a stowaway on an intergalactic space mission • How to give a cat a bath without making it mad • How to convince your little brother he was adopted was first posted on July 14, 2020 at 6:25 am.
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