1 - 3 - 9

for this "assignment," remember that:

• the 1 line is like an (extended) title [or, thesis statement].

• the 3 lines are to serve as a brief description (that might be a summary of the main idea of a book; something akin to a annotation in an annotated bibliography).  

• the 9+ lines is the expanded explication of the idea/thesis [like what might be found in the inside dust jacket of a book].
  

also remember not to restate any part of the previous sentence/sentences in the longer ones and that all sentences should, in essence, say the same thing... (only longer or shorter)