What should be my next paragraph in my essay???

Question

Ive been craking my head with this essay thats due tomorow titled "The Word Which Best Describes Me". Im in highschool right now taking an AP English 3 class. i kno alot of work awaites me.

anyway, the word i chose was "positive".

first paragraph: obviously my intro.

second paragraph: the importance of being optimistic

third paragraph: personal experiance

fourth paragraph: ??????????

fith paragraph: conclusion

so now you see were im stuck. what should i write about next???

THANK YOU EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATES! I SERIOUSLY APPRECIATE THIS FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!

Answer 1

you're having a hard time because your paragraphs are very broad.

On top of that, you're off topic!  The assignment is to write an essay that explains WHY the word describes you.  You're currently writing an essay about the importance of being positive in your life.  There is a difference.  

It will be much easier writing an essay if you pick a less generic word.  Pick a random word, and fit your life to it.  Define the word, but not it's written definition, define it's essence.  Words have baggage too.  That's why we have synonyms.  Even though the words mean the same thing, they don't have the same power, context, essence...

Second, I would define myself.  Don't start a line by line comparison.  "Well, I'm positive, so that's why I am 'positive.' "  NO!  Give your story about your up bringing, your likes and dislikes...  give it some meat.  Make it exciting

Third, tie the two together.  "With my clean cut looks, but my mischievous nature, I think "raze" and I are two pees in a pod.  Both of us are commonly mistaken for a positive building force, but secretly we are the force that brings nations to the ground."  (Raze means to demolish or remove.  Similar to excavate).

Conclude.  Sum up here.  Comment on the ease of defining the person, but the difficulty in defining a word.  Note the life of words, their context, history, character, and show that a single word can be more complex than a human...

Avoid being generic.  Seriously, positive?  I bet they get 4 "positives" in every class.

Answer 2

i know!

something about your personality

either that or achievments

dreams

goals

BLABLABLA!

Answer 3

possible ways to improve.

OR

ways being positive has helped you  

if you choose this one then paragraph #3 is should be about how you are positive.

Answer 4

Why people like your positive outlook on things and how you have helped

Answer 5

Maybe you can chose pros and cons of positive or why being positive is better than pessimistic?  

Answer 6

Maybe break personal experience down into two paragraphs: how people were affected and how you were affected. I'm sorry, that's a hard one. Good luck

Answer 7

Maybe

1. the ways you choose to be positive.

2. how you stay away from the negative

3. what you do in order to stay positive

4. how often youre positive and why you are or aren't

idk its kind of late and im tired but i hope those help. i really dont like when you know what most of your paragraphs will be except one! its really annoying! it ALWAYS happens to me. hope you get youre 4th paragraph

Answer 8

with your fourth paragraph write about the effects of not being positive maybe?  unless you covered that in your 2nd paragraph.  or try giving examples of things when its very hard to be positive, but make it as if your showing people how to turn a terrible situation into a better one?  good luck

Answer 9

Perseverance.