Common Foods and Drink of Elizabethan England

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Writing Essay #1: Informative
The essay will be on a humanities topic, remember to anticipate all the info that readers would find interesting by answering the Why, What, Where, Who, How,
and When…
Guidelines for Essay #1 on Everyday Life in the English Renaissance
Typed, double-spaced, MLA format, using 12-point Times New Roman font.
3-4 full pages, not including Works Cited page.
2-3 sources
MLA documentation format
Microsoft Word
Topic/Purpose: The purpose of this essay is to share any information you have found about your topic with your readers. Our General Topic is the English
Renaissance. The Specific Topic Is Common Foods and Drink of Elizabethan England. Use the website linked to our Moodle site to investigate different
aspects of Renaissance life. http://www.elizabethan.org/compendium
The essay must have an introduction, body, and conclusion. Do not label these sections, however.
Introduction Attention Getter—your first sentence should grab your audience immediately. You may use a quote, a startling statistic or fact, or ask a
provocative question.
Thesis—Statement of your topic in one sentence.
Body
In this section, you will give any information you have found on your topic that you want your readers to know. You will also need to give examples from the
outside information you have read about your topic, making sure to cite your sources both within your paper and on your works cited page, using correct MLA
format.
Conclusion
Your conclusion should do two things: restate your thesis and leave the reader with something to think about, ie. ask a question, give them a quote,
encourage them to analyze and think critically about their own lives.
Final Page: Works Cited Page
Using current MLA format (refer to the link on our Moodle site), list all the sources used in your essay.
As with all formal essays, do not use contractions, slang, second person (you, your, yours) or qualifying statements such as “I think”, “My opinion”, “I believe”.
Our information must start with this site
http://www.elizabethan.org/compendium