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Develop your own scenario or take a superstition from your own life
and trace its development.

Real-World Process: Performing a Job-Related Task

Describe one of the tasks involved in your job. Describe it step by

step, so well that someone who had the necessary tools and

knowledge could do the job from your description.

Consider your audience. Will you describe this task for a person who

possesses job skills and knowledge similar to your own, or will you

write it for someone who is not familiar with the terminology of your

field? Consider your tone. Descriptions of a task convey much more

than the bare bones of the task itself, they convey your attitude toward
it.

Peer Revision Checklist for Process

Essay

1. Does the introduction draw the reader in and

establish the value of the process?
2. Does the thesis mention the process and list or

hint at steps in the process?

3. Does the topic sentence of each body paragraph

direct the reader’s attention to a particular step in

the process?