Process Essay
WRTG 291
Process Essay
Instructions:
In this project, you will write a process essay of 1000 words. In this
process essay, you will write for your audience the steps involved in
finding a topic, locating sources, focusing the topic as a result of finding
your sources, and eventually writing a research essay.
There are two types of process essays. An informative process essay
provides information about how something works. A directive process
essay explains how to do something. This essay will most likely be a
directive process essay.
A good process essay begins with a thesis that tells the reader why the
description of the process is important. A writer needs to remember to
include each step in the process and all the items needed to complete it.
It is important to be specific when describing the actions taken. (G. H.
Muller and H. S. Wiener, The Short Prose Reader. McGraw-Hill, 2006)

