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1. Name ____________________________________________ Who, What, When, Where, Why & How? • The year is 2108. You are an ace reporter for the New Order Gazette. The papers’ most popular column is entitled “An Eyewitness to History”. Reporters are able to program a computer to transfer a person from history to 2108. Reporters are then able to interview this historical person to get a personal account of their life and feelings. • Your assignment is to decide on who your next interview will be. Interview this person and write a five-paragraph essay on your interview. Your subject must meet the following criteria: • They must have been dead at least 20 years (from present day). • Decide on an angle • The essay must be an expository writing • The essay must be typed and double spaced. • The following is an example: • Everyone Always Remembers the Underdog • By Kait Websites • Have you ever noticed that everyone always remembers the underdog in a battle and never the victor? A case in point is the recent success of the movie “300 Spartans”. The movie depicts the bravery of the 300 Spartans who fought against the Persians. However, can you remember the name of the great leader of the Persians? His name was Xerxes I and was sometimes known as Xerxes the Great. His name was known by almost the entire civilized world in 480 B.C. but today, his name is an asterisk to the Battle of Thermopylae. • Xerxes ruled the entire Persian empire, Media and Babylon. He was known as the King of Countries. His warriors were the finest trained in the world. How do you explain the present day lack of respect? “I don’t get it,” answered Xerxes. “The Battle of Thermopylae was really unimportant to my way of thinking. We eventually defeated the Spartans and went about dominating that area.” But that battle was important. It banded the previously scattered Greek tribes into forming one nation. “Again,” replied Xerxes, “unimportant to our time. What I want to talk about is the great accomplishments of my reign. Doesn’t anybody care that I united over a 100 nations. What about my great hall – The Xerxes Hall of 100 Columns? Isn’t it still standing?” Unfortunately, it is not. The only remains are the column bases and column heads. • Let’s move on. Your warriors known as “the Immortals” had a reputation before the Battle of Thermopylae. “Of course, they were chosen to rid the world of the Greek’s false gods. There were over 10,000 Immortals who were my elite troops….”