Final Paper Topic: Night.

Final paper topic:

Prompt:
Is the Holocaust the worst event in human history ever; or are there other events (the Armenian Genocide) that compare to it? Alternatively, is it impossible to compare human suffering?

Directions:

Write 400-500 words (only ONE block quote allowed per paper), and argue, using EXAMPLES from personal narrative (Night) or other sources, that the Holocaust is the worst even in human history, or that other events can compare to it.

Opening paragraph:

1. Opening Quote (epigraph)
2. Hook
3. General statement about your position
4. Consideration of the opposite
5. Thesis

Body:

1. Topic sentence
2. Explain example
3. Quote
4. Concluding sentence

Conclusion:

1. Restate your position
2. Consider the opposite again
3. Expand your thesis by warning against ignoring it

(Total words 400-500)

Grading :
Grammar (40 percent)
Structure (20 percent)
Vocabulary (20 percent)
Thesis (20 percent)