The wife story is what the essay is about Writing Exercise The following actvity is designed to assess your writing ability. The prompt asks you to explain something. Think of your audience as being any reader other than yourself.
When scorers evaluate your writing, they wifl look for evidence that you can:
• respond directly to the prompt;
• make your writing thoughtful and interesting;
• organize your ideas so that they are clear and easy to follow;
develop your ideas thoroughly by using appropriate details and precise language;
• stay focused on your purpose for writing by making sure that each sentence you write contributes to your composinon as a whole; and
communicate effectively by using correct spelling, capitalization, punctuation,
grammar, usage, and sentence structures.
Prompt: Think about how you reacted to this story when you figured out what had reaHy happened. How did the ending make you feel? Whom did you sympathize with most—the narrator or her husband? Write a personal response essay in which you explain your reactions to the story and your feelings about it.
Use the bottom of the page to organize your ideas. Then wrrte your essay on a separate sheet of paper.