Chris Abani TED Talks Compassion and Humanity Composition essay

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

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