Homework answers / question archive / Drawing on everything you have learned these past several weeks about the informative essay, write a clear, focused essay in response to one of the following prompt questions: What are the primary differences between top, mid, and lower-level goals? (W06 Life Skill Lesson) What are three things people can do to start changing bad habits? (W06 Life Skill Lesson) What are two of the benefits of holding regular family councils? (W07 Life Skill Lesson) What are three steps people can take to avoid debt? (W08 Life Skill Lesson) What are two things people can do to eliminate debt? (W08 Life Skill Lesson) What are three principles people can take to invest in their future? (W08 Life Skill Lesson) What is the difference between fixed and variable costs? (W09 Life Skill Lesson) You will be graded on how well you answer the prompt question that you selected

Drawing on everything you have learned these past several weeks about the informative essay, write a clear, focused essay in response to one of the following prompt questions: What are the primary differences between top, mid, and lower-level goals? (W06 Life Skill Lesson) What are three things people can do to start changing bad habits? (W06 Life Skill Lesson) What are two of the benefits of holding regular family councils? (W07 Life Skill Lesson) What are three steps people can take to avoid debt? (W08 Life Skill Lesson) What are two things people can do to eliminate debt? (W08 Life Skill Lesson) What are three principles people can take to invest in their future? (W08 Life Skill Lesson) What is the difference between fixed and variable costs? (W09 Life Skill Lesson) You will be graded on how well you answer the prompt question that you selected

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Drawing on everything you have learned these past several weeks about the informative essay, write a clear, focused essay in response to one of the following prompt questions:

• What are the primary differences between top, mid, and lower-level goals? (W06 Life Skill Lesson)
• What are three things people can do to start changing bad habits? (W06 Life Skill Lesson)
• What are two of the benefits of holding regular family councils? (W07 Life Skill Lesson)
• What are three steps people can take to avoid debt? (W08 Life Skill Lesson)
• What are two things people can do to eliminate debt? (W08 Life Skill Lesson)
• What are three principles people can take to invest in their future? (W08 Life Skill Lesson)
• What is the difference between fixed and variable costs? (W09 Life Skill Lesson)

You will be graded on how well you answer the prompt question that you selected. You will also be graded on how well you apply the following components of the informative essay:

• An essay that contains a clear and focused purpose centered on delivering the desired message without opinion or bias (taking a side); an essay that also is addressed to an audience with limited prior knowledge of the topic being discussed.
• An engaging introductory paragraph in which you draw your reader in with an effective hook and establish a thesis statement.
• Two to three detailed and organized body paragraphs that each contain a single controlling idea inside a strong topic sentence, at least two types of supporting details , and a concluding/transition sentence.
• At least one credible source (i.e. current, relevant, authoritative, accurate, purposeful) integrated into the body of the essay; that source is integrated and cited using the ICE method (introduction, citation, explanation).
• A strong concluding paragraph that revisits themes and ideas from the introductory or body paragraphs, and provides the reader with closure.
• A double-spaced essay, written in Times New Roman 12pt font, which has 1” margins; the essay also contains a left-justified heading, centered title, and at least four left-justified, indented paragraphs; There are no more than two distracting grammatical errors.

Aim for an essay with four to five paragraphs that is between 500–750 words. Consider your audience for this assignment to be a group of people who are unfamiliar with your prompt topic.

Instructions

1. Complete the Writing Assignment above in a Word document.
   • If you would like an example of how to complete this assignment, download this W10 Writing Assignment Sample (Links to an external site.).
2. Save the document to your computer and include your name in the file name.
3. Submit the document for instructor review and feedback.

NOTE: This assignment uses a plagiarism review tool, called TurnItIn, to check how much of your paper is your original work. After your submitted assignment has been reviewed by this tool, you will see a colored icon with a percentage inside it, next to the assignment link on the Submission Details page. You can click on this colored icon to see the "similarity report." For help on accessing and interpreting this similarity report, visit the Canvas Plagiarism Similarity Report (Links to an external site.) support page. Your instructor also has access to this report.