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.
It must be written in Blue or Black pen or typed.
o If typed, you must write in 12 pt, Times New Roman Font, double spaced,
following MLA guidelines.
o ONE EXCEPTION, if 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.
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 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!!
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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.