Be personal. Narrate your own story/experience in first person, cultivate voice
Instability in the Middle East
SUCCESSFUL ESSAYS WILL:
-Be personal. Narrate your own story/experience in first person, cultivate voice
-Set up the text, context and approach in a way that allows you to enter the conversation
-Use at least one class/college/life idea or moment as a “touchstone” – a foundation for your inquiry
-Explore the larger contextual elements (moment in history, geography, age, situation…)
-Possess a controlling idea, but also be creative, organic, logical – not formulaic
-Be honest and accurate – identify and name your ideas, places, moments, setting
- Possess a thoughtful, creative conclusion – good essay have striking beginnings and endings
üInclude quoted credible sources (writers, current voices, critics, peers…)
üUse an epigraph to creatively contextualize your contribution to the conversation (see Wilde quote)
Audience: Your intended audience is up to you; it could be other RWS305W students (current or incoming), your
professor or any demographic you envision would benefit from your content.
Purpose: To grow through the act of writing, to pour yourself onto the page and write an essay you are proud of, to tell a story, make connections, push ideas and play with words in a way that is engaging – to essay.
Length: 5-6 pages long, MLA format & works cited page minimum of three outside credible and varied sources
Topic: The field is wide open! The foundation for your topic could be one dynamic idea from a journal writing experience, one beautiful line from a reading, one random insight from lecture, or the intersection of all of these in a drunken conversation with your roommate. You must follow your own curiosity and thinking while essaying; search your journal entries for inspired moments or use ideas from your college journey to jumpstart your inquiry. Consider how your observations and experiences connect with your interests/field, challenge your values, or expand your understanding. You might go big (and reflect on your entire college experience) or go small (and analyze your growth in a mere 10 journal entries); the scope is up to you. Think about the connections you have made this semester in your life, writing, thinking and figure out what it might mean…
Subject: English
as you can see this essay is asking from me to be personal so Im gonna let you know that I am interested in history, science, food and movies and books. Im open to anything you choose as well but if you want any information about me to make it more personal please let me know. I’m 23 female and I come from a middle eastern background.
and if you can please just let me know the topic of your choice by October 24th I would appreciate it very much. as this assignment connected to another one.
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