He could hardly believe what she was saying, not sure if she was playing dumb or if she was really that oblivious. "No," he replied, holding up the notebook. "This? This is not an essay. This is a paragraph that a pre-schooler could have written."
And with that, the page was ripped from the notebook, balled up, and tossed on the floor. He slid it back over to her without sparing a second thought to the action. "Do it again. An introduction paragraph, three full paragraphs, and then a concluding paragraph. Don't forget to write a topic sentence."