Writing On-Demand Essays
A writing assessment gives you a short time to write a response to a prompt.
You’ve read about the origin of pizza. What is your favorite food? How is it made? Why do you like it? Write an essay that names your favorite food, describes the ingredients, explains how it is made, and gives sensory details about it. Make your readers’ mouths water!
To do so, you should use a shortened form of the writing process:
Prewriting (5 Minutes)
Answer the PAST questions.
Purpose? Explain how it’s made
Audience? New person
Subject? A favorite food
Type? Essay
Write a focus statement.
Most Americans like tacos, but they haven’t had Mexican tacos.
List supporting details.
—Using cilantro, goat cheese, homemade white corn tortilla
—Making tortillas
—Cooking meat, cutting cilantro
—Putting taco together