Writing 1. As you write your final draft, refer to the guidelines on pp. 362-365 in Pathways.
2. Refer to the strategies on pp. 402-403 in The Essential Guide to Language, Writing, & Literature as you revise and edit your Critical Response Essay.
3. Click on the link below to refer to the "Critical Essay Grading Rubric" as you write.

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. she was a small woman, short and straight-waisted like a child in her brown cotton gown. her forehead was mild and benevolent between the smooth curves of gray hair; there were meek downward lines about her nose and mouth; but her eyes, fixed upon the old man, looked as if the meekness had been the result of her own will, never of the will of another. in at least one hundred words, explain how this excerpt uses explicit and implicit details to describe sarah penn.