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Knowing how to write with an illustrative style is going to help you in all of your essays in college. Being able to illustrate your points is going to make your writing clearer for your audience.

Below, you'll see a sample essay from a health professions course where students were asked to write a profile of someone who works in the health care field. The essay follows APA guidelines. This assignment was not described as an illustrative essay, but key elements of the illustrative style have been noted for you.

Just click on the link below to see the sample paper in PDF format. In the sample, scroll over the dialog boxes to find out more about the strategies and techniques of the author. If your browser doesn't support that function, you may want to download the PDF by clicking the download button on the right side of the program.