Category: English

Drawing on specific examples from the written work you have done for this course, write a letter to Auburn University’s president making an argument about the extent to which this course has helped you to meet or exceed one or more of these goals.
NOTE: The audience for this assignment is Auburn’s new president and a panel of university professors and administrators, all who are trying to determine the effectiveness of ENGL1120. 
Please use MLA style when you quote or paraphrase from written work you have produced. If you quote your own work, use parenthetical citation with your name, essay, & page #. I’ve given an example of parenthetical citation and how to do your own essays on the Works Cited page. 
(Kilpatrick, Essay #2, pg. 3)
Kilpatrick, Elizabeth. Essay #2. ENGL1120, Auburn University. 1 March 2022.
ONLY USE MY ESSAYS WHICH ARE ATTACHED
Requirements
2 full pages
MLA format
Works Cited page (not included in the page count)
Times New Roman 12pt
Double-spaced
Black font color

Read the book: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
One major point of the novella is Santiago’s navigation of a foreign culture. Initially, his naiveté hinders his ability succeed, and it costs him dearly in the purse. However, he perseveres by learning about the culture he is navigating, and his hard work pays off as he continues to follow his personal legend. What does the text say about learning about foreign cultures?  Does the text encourage cultural travelers to assimilate to the culture they live in, encourage them to only navigate the foreign culture for survival, or does the text suggest a hybrid of these approaches? Be sure to use evidence from both the text and your own navigation within cultures; remember that the U.S. is a country built on the inclusion of diverse cultures, and we can see that in the Chicago/Downstate divide, city/country, farmer/factory worker.
MAKE SURE TO USE IN TEXT CITATIONS 

Directions: Write a 2-3 page essay on ONE of the following topics provided. Submit your essay to Canvas.
Good habits improve our physical, emotional, and/or financial health. Select one of your good habits and write an essay persuading readers to make that habit a part of their lives.
More and more Americans are deciding to eliminate meat from their diets and become vegetarians. Do you think this is a good idea? Argue for or against becoming a vegetarian. Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.
There is a saying that you should be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it. Describe a time when you wished for something and got it—and then wished you hadn’t.
Sometimes the course of our lives can change in an instant. Describe an experience that changed the direction of your life
It is often said that animals are humans’ best friends. Describe a time in your life when this saying proved to be true.

Instruction 
Answer each of these criteria to earn the twenty (20) points available for the assignment: 
1. “Personal Reflection”: Draw a connection between the reading selection and your personal experiences, ideas, and observations in three to five sentences.
2. “Remarkable Quotes”: Choose a quote from the reading selection that you found remarkable. Then tell us, using SWAGG, why you choose it in particular; why did it stand out to you? Give us some detail about how this quote exemplifies a point you’d like to make; explain how this quote connects to broader analysis and application. Remember to cite your source using parenthetical       documentation (MLA-style in-text citations). 
3.  “Follow-up Question”: Ask the author follow-up questions that occurred to  you after reading the selection. 
4.  “Thesis Statement”: Craft a one- or two-sentence thesis statement in response to the text and its topic; remember to integrate the relevance to your        audience into your thesis.
5.  “Research Questions / Keywords”: Discuss what you would research next in response to the information offered in the text; how would you pursue more insight and information on the concepts and themes presented in this text? Use the 5Ws and an H, along with “Would”, “Could”, and “Should” to brainstorm a list of questions that you could use for research sessions. Share keywords you   would search and ideas you’d like to further pursue. 
Format 
Number your responses to each of the above. 
Use MLA format including header, pagination, and original title (the assignment name is not a title). 
Grading Policy
Any Reflection Brief that does not conform to MLA will earn a zero for the assignment.
Any Reflection Brief that does not integrate the “Remarkable Quote” using SWAGG will earn a zero for that component.

Please choose one of the following topics for your paper:
1) Donnie Darko is a difficult film to classify according to the common genres of film. Make an argument for Donnie Darko fitting best into one of these genres: a) teen coming-of-age film; b) science fiction/fantasy film; or, c) gothic/horror film. Use your research to familiarize yourself with each genre, and then develop a detailed extended definition of the genre you have chosen. Analyze the elements of the film that support your choice of genre.
2) Director Richard Kelly has developed a theory of time travel that he employed in the writing of Donnie Darko. You will find the explanation for this theory in the Module 4>Week 15 folder on the link to the website Donnie Darko: The Tangent Universe. Explain Kelly’s theory of time travel, and then provide a reading of the film’s elements that explains how the film develops this theory.
3)  Films generally reflect or comment on the place and time period in which they are set. The characters, the plot, the theme(s), and even the soundtrack of the film contribute to the film’s commentary on this time and place.  Donnie Darko is set in American suburbs in 1988. Analyze the elements of the film. What does the film suggest about suburban American life, especially for high school students in the late 1980s?
Due date:  The final draft of this paper will be due on Saturday 11:59 pm at the end of Week 16.  You will submit your paper on Blackboard using the upload tool in the Module Four folder.
Requirements:
Length and format: 
*The paper must be a minimum of three complete pages, typed and double-spaced, to a maximum of five complete pages. 
*Use a 10- or 12-point, professional-looking font.  Using a larger font will result in a paper which does not meet the length requirements for this assignment.  Failure to meet the minimum length requirement will result in loss of a letter grade for this assignment.
*Use 1-inch margins on all sides of the paper. On the first page of your paper, include the title of your paper, your name, and the class’s identifying information. 
*Attach a Works Cited that conforms to MLA guidelines to the end of you paper.
*Use at least three secondary sources (whether you quote them directly or paraphrase).  WEBSITES ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE SOURCES FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT. Use scholarly articles that you locate in ACC library’s database. You may use the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com) to find character and actor names, song titles, production locations, and other information regarding the production of the film. This website will not count as one of your three secondary sources, but it should be properly cited on your Works Cited list.
Grading:  I will be grading you on the following criteria:
Thesis statement:  The paper should have a specific, focused, and effectively-worded thesis statement. 
poor thesis statement:  Jones’s and Smith’s use of the tree as a symbol in their poems is both similar and different. (unfocused and non-specific).
effective thesis:  While Jones and Smith both use the tree as a symbol of knowledge, Jones presents the tree as knowledge that improves mankind, and Smith presents the tree as knowledge that leads mankind into evil.
Organization:  An essay is comprised of an introductory paragraph with a thesis statement, body paragraphs, and a conclusion paragraph.  Ideas which support the thesis should be divided into logical paragraphs and presented in a logical order.  You will find it helpful to begin with an outline of your essay.
Content:  I will be looking for ideas and insights which show college-level thinking.  Also, I will be looking for the use of lines from the poems or stories which support the opinions you assert about the works.  Use you own ideas:  a good essay is not a patchwork quilt of critics’ words.  Instead of piecing together the words of the critics, use critics to back up your own opinions, or argue against the critics’ opinions.  When you borrow the words of critics or any secondary sources, give them credit by citing their words or ideas within the text of your paper.  For this assignment, two secondary sources are sufficient.
example of direct quote:  One critic states that the tree in Smith’s poem “recalls the Tree of Knowledge from the biblical story of the Garden of Evil:  it both opens up new possibilities and brings other possibilities to an irrevocable end” (Allen 52).
example of paraphrase:  One critic feels that the tree in Smith’s poem is similar to the Tree of Knowledge that appears in the bible because it offers greater knowledge, but it also puts an end to an easier, more childlike life (Allen 52).
Grammar and Mechanics:  Be sure to proofread and edit your paper.  The effective paper will not contain significant grammatical errors, spelling errors, or typos.  Follow MLA guidelines for formatting your title page, the text of your paper, and the Works Cited.  If you need help with your writing, make use of the Learning Lab or meet with me during my office hours.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tesWnlii-hWAB8M46R1L1hA4LW1imJVmlnhRN-qP6CU/edit?usp=sharing
Open up the document and read through it. 

One paragraph should be about the short story and how it was meaningful to you. Another paragraph should be about the poem and how is meaningful to you and the final paragraph should be about the play and how it was meaningful.

The research informed essay pdf – are the directions
the rhetorical analysis pdf – is what I already have including my topic. I just need to add 5 more pages to what I’ve already written. 

For this essay, you will read five articles on the subject of body image issues and then construct
an argument in response to a narrow(er) topic related to body image that is based on the
conversation you’ve read. This means you will need to stake out a claim (position) with reasons
(your why statement) and support those reasons with evidence from your own experience or
observations, your own logic and values, and information gathered from three or more articles of
the five that you read. You will need to draw upon skills of summary, paraphrasing, quoting, and
synthesis, the later of which means weaving different voices and ideas together based on a
common point.
Please note that all five articles will be read in/for class, and are provided to you on
Blackboard. You will need to cite at least three of the five articles you read. You may always cite
more than three, but the required minimum is three. Importantly, please note that this paper is
not a research paper. The research has already been done for you in advance. Do not conduct any
outside research for this paper. Work with what has been carefully curated for you. 
Your essay should be a minimum of four full pages and no longer than five pages–anything beyond
that length will be considered a failure to adhere to one of the assignment’s basic requirements.
Maximum page limits are just as significant as minimum word limits, as it requires the writer to
be focused and concise with his/her phrasing and word choice. Your essay should be double-
spaced, typed in Times New Roman with 12-point font character size and one-inch margins. Since
you are a variety of sources, you will need a clear citational practice including in-text citations or
hyperlinks and a works cited page constructed in MLA format. 

I will send screenshots, it’s an outline for a future paper. which I also will get from here most likely