The document provides instructions for writing a discursive essay assignment on the topic of "What is success?". It outlines the key points to be addressed in the essay: (A) defining success, (B) giving examples of successful people and why they are successful, (C) discussing qualities that lead to success and how others can be successful, and (D) summarizing the main points and posing a concluding question to the reader. The document emphasizes that success can be defined differently and measured in various ways, and advises gathering facts to support opinions expressed in the essay.

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W1 : Discursive Writing Essay

2.  Write down the names of 5 people you think are
successful.
 Write down the reasons you think they are a
success?
 Write down 5 ways someone could be judged
successful?
 Write down 5 qualities that will help people be a
success.

3.  For each if these questions, YOU have been
making decisions.
 For each of these questions, YOU have been
writing YOUR point of view.
 This is exactly what you have to do to write a
successful W1: Discursive Essay

4.  W1: Discursive Writing
 Task: What is success?
 You are to write an essay of between 600-800
words (with an absolute maximum of 999!) on
what you think success is.

5.  A) define success... Tell the reader what you
think success is

6.  B) give examples of people you think have
been successful, and try to explain why they
have been successful in your eyes;

7.  C) write about the qualities that you think
bring success... and try to give suggestions
for how others can be successful;

8.  D) finish off by summing up your main points
in a few sentences. If possible, try to make
your last sentence a question that challenges
the reader to be a success.

9.  A) define success... Tell the reader what you
think success is;
 B) give examples of people you think have been
successful, and try to explain why they have
been successful in your eyes;
 C) write about the qualities that you think bring
success... and try to give suggestions for how
others can be successful;
 D) finish off by summing up your main points in a
few sentences. If possible, try to make your last
sentence a question that challenges the reader
to be a success.

10.  Success is not just money — anyone could
win the lottery (that is 'luck' NOT success)!
 It can be measured in terms of family, friends,
money, fame, power, skill, respect,
influence... or any one of a hundred other
measures.

11.  What you think counts as success may not be
the same as the person next to you… we are
all different, so what we see as success will be
different as well.

12.  Look at the notes you made in response to
the original questions. How much of what
you have written is opinion, and how much is
factual?
 (Opinions are good, but you do need facts to
back them up — time to hit the
library/Internet/bookshop)