Essay portion: Prompt – Abraham Lincoln was perhaps our greatest president: in a 3- to 5-
paragraph MLA-Style essay (including a one-paragraph introduction with a good
opener/grabber, a transition sentence, and a good thesis statement to drive the main body of the
essay – and a final conclusion paragraph that summarizes the main body, repeats the thesis
statement to show that it has been proven in the main body, and an ending statement of some
kind [that is neither a truism nor trite]); in your main body, use evidence from Lincoln’s Second
Inaugural Address (quoted evidence is best evidence – and of course, cite quotes correctly and
say what it means and why it matters) in your main body to support your thesis.
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