INSTRUCTIONS:
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 goodopener/grabber, a transition sentence, and a good thesis statement to drive the main body of theessay – and a final conclusion paragraph that summarizes the main body, repeats the thesisstatement to show that it has been proven in the main body, and an ending statement of somekind [that is neither a truism nor trite]); in your main body, use evidence from Lincoln’s SecondInaugural Address (quotedevidence is best evidence – and of course, cite quotes correctly andsay what it means and why it matters) in your main body to support your thesis.