Chris Abani TED Talks Compassion and Humanity Composition essay
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1. Please watch Chris Abani’s talk on TED Talks. (Link below)”
https://www.ted.com/talks/chris_abani_muses_on_humanity
2. Prompt:
Consider a time in your life when you showed compassion to another person. Or, consider a time in your life when someone showed you compassion.
As Chris Abani tells us: “We’re never more beautiful than when we’re most ugly.”
In you composition, describe what this quote means to you and write about a time in your life where you showed (or where showed) humanity/compassion. What did this experience teach you about yourself? How does compassion/humanity assist you in your life?
You can consider Abani’s stories he shares in his Ted Talk. You may also use the South African term he uses – Ubuntu – which states, “the only way for me to be human is for you to reflect my humanity back at me.”
Overall
- Directly and persuasively address the essay prompt
- Show insightful and nuanced thinking
Organization
- Have a controlling central idea (thesis) and overall coherence
- Use clear topic sentences
- Contain focused paragraphs that support the controlling central idea (thesis)
Development
- Use relevant examples with clear explanations of what the examples demonstrate
- Have explanations in body paragraphs clearly linked to controlling idea of essay
- Include specific supporting evidence
- Show strong synthesis, argumentation, analysis, and/or problem-solving skills
Style
- Skillfully use a variety of sentence structures
- Show extensive, varied, and appropriate vocabulary
Mechanics
- Contain minimal syntactic, grammatical, and spelling errors
