Topic Area: “Flowers as medicine.” Do flowers have the power to heal? You learned about cannabis; you could write about that. But note a lot of misinformation might make this a difficult topic – do not echo nonsense from the past. There are other flowers used medicinally (eg herbalists, traditional Chinese medicine,…). Note that there are other ways that flowers can improve human health; would that be “medicine”?
First Line: Chosen Topic Area: identify the topic area (from above) using the subheadings above. You are not allowed to create a new topic area.
Second Line: Your name.
Third Line: Abstract sentence (one sentence which identifies the point of the essay, and the stand you are taking)
Then: The essay itself: You must submit text for one particular topic areas above. If you wish to include an image then this must be embedded in the text. Images should be small (not full page) and do not count as part of the length requirement. You must reference any (every) image in your text, otherwise it will be ignored or deemed disconnected or irrelevant.
Then: References: You should cite references to back up your logical thinking. Note that definitive references are ones where a human being is standing as expert. Real supporting references have names in a by-line and those persons are experts. Some students seem to think that Wikipedia can be used as expert; but you have no way to know if it is definitive, accurate, authoritative. Note that anyone could edit whatever you find! So your citations need to be authoritative and attributed to a human being. This, especially, if you take the side opposite the person grading your essay. Writing this essay requires a coherent argument and solid citations and references.
Write coherent English: 1000 to 1500 words. It will be graded for quality in both the content as well as English composition. It must be your own words. Illogical or rambling nonsense will get few, if any, points. Show your sources (if any) by listing references at the end, in any format you like. A well-made argument can gain full points even if the graders disagree with your position. Submitting text which is not on topic will gain 0 points, even if all other formatting is done as required. See Rubrics which will be used in grading.
