3-5 pages, double spaced, 12-point font, 1” margins. mla format essay.

Write about two or more people interacting in a single situation (not over time or in multiple interactions). If you need a specific framework, try observing for 20 minutes and see what you have. That’s the kind of scope you want to allow you to be as specific as possible. The interaction must highlight some sort of diversity. This can be diversity between your subjects (young and old, different races, economic levels, religions, etc.) or in the topic they discuss (difference of opinion on gay marriage, disability access, or another current topic relating to diversity) or both. You are NOT part of the action. Therefore, there is really no reason to use “I”: try to avoid it here. Finally, you may choose to begin “in medias res” (in the middle of things) or give us an intro and conclusion. Similarly, you may wish to explore the situation and implications or simply give us your dialogue. Do remember that you are trying to be as detailed and specific as possible. An example, instead of “I went to get my neighbor a drink”! You say “’It’s summer and there ain’t no leaves,’ she countered. Her face was pinched with lines; fat jiggled under her chin. She pointed to the lawn, then the flower bed, and said: ‘You see any leaves there – or there?’ I followed her pointing arm, stupidly. But she had a job for me and that was to get her a Coke at the liquor store. She gave me twenty cents, and after ditching my rake in a bush, off I ran. I returned with an unbagged Pepsi, for which she thanked me and gave me a nickel from her apron.” Begin a new paragraph for each speaker: anytime there is a switch and beware shifting verb tenses! For some reason, this paper challenges writers in this aspect.

Basically, what I want is for you to write about an interaction between two people or more people that shows diversity as m