Guidelines,+Instructions,+Rubric

= SAMPLE PAPERS LINKED BELOW. =

== The researched personal essay (at BGHS coined the "J.O.T." essay -- "jump off the text") has become the mainstay of contemporary writing in nearly every type of media -- from newspaper editorials and columns to blog posts and monologues on TV talk shows. This blending of the writer's style and voice with information found in credible sources plus references to popular culture makes for lively and thought-provoking reading. Writing of this nature may swing from the humorous and absurd to the deeply profound or horrifying. It uses lots of provocative __rhetorical questions__ and the __juxtaposition of examples__ to make us think about the issue from different angles. ==

=== - A __main point__ related to what we should think/believe about the disability or illness and what needs to be done -- either regionally, nationally, or by each of us personally -- to reduce its effects on people or make life better for those who have the diagnosis ===

Q & A about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

 * http://www.ada.gov/qandaeng.htm**

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