ESSAY COVERSHEET

 Instructions: For each essay, complete a coversheet after you have written a discovery draft and then submit the coversheet with all subsequent drafts of the essay, revising the coversheet as needed if your approach to the essay changes.  You may write on the back of this sheet if you need more room.

1. In a word or phrase, describe your topic.
   
   
   
   
   

2. In a word or phrase, give your working title. 
   
   
   
   
   

3. Complete the following sentence that tells why you are an insider on this subject; that is, what qualifies you to write on this subject? 
   
   I am an insider on this subject because
   
   
   
   
   

4. In two to four sentences complete the following, which should describe your target audience in specific terms: class, gender, race, age, educational level, geographical location and the like. 
   
   My target readers are
   
   
   
   
   I have chosen this specific audience because
   
   
   
   
   

5. Complete the following statements that indicate (a) the purpose that you want to achieve in writing this essay for this specific audience and (b) the response you expect from this audience.
   
   My purpose in writing this essay is to
   
   
   
   
   I hope my audience will respond by
   
   
   
   
   

6. Complete the following sentence to
   indicate what value your essay
   holds for its readers.
   
   My readers will benefit from reading this essay by
   
   
   
   

7. In a word or phrase, identify the role you are playing as the author of this essay: Are you writing in your role as a university student, new parent, concerned citizen, dedicated worker, or what?
   
   
   
   
8. In a complete sentence, state your thesis. Be sure that this statement is the same thesis that appears in your essay.