Obituary Assignment
For this assignment, you will write your own Obituary. If you are not familiar with obituaries, you can look in the
newspaper or search “obituaries” on a search engine. For your own obituary, please follow the guidelines below.
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It must be more than 250 words in length.
o ONE EXCEPTION, if you wish, you may be creative and make it look like a newspaper page, but
it still must be more than 250 words.
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Your obituary must include the following details:
o Assume you will live until you are at least 80 years old. Projecting into the future is a valuable
part of the exercise.
o What you did for a living/career
o Who were the important people in your life [spouse (if any), children (if any), friends, other
relatives, important work associates or partners)]
o What were your important accomplishments
o Include quotes from others (real people or imagined) saying what they thought of you.
o Write it in the 3rd person (as if someone else is writing about you)
o Be Creative!! Have fun with the assignment, but be sure to follow the instructions so you don't
lose points.
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The point of this assignment is to think about the life you want to have, what you hope to have
accomplished and what you hope you will leave as a legacy. This is what you should have in your obituary
for this assignment.