Category: English

For this essay, describe a challenge you have faced, either at work, in the military, or at school.

1. What was the challenge?
2. Besides you, who else was involved and what emotions did they experience?
3. How did you and the others involved respond to the challenge?
4. What was the outcome?
5. What did you learn about yourself and others from the challenge?
6. What made this challenge special or important to you?

The overall structure of your descriptive essay should look something like this.

Introduction

• In a paragraph of several sentences, provide background details such as time and place. Set the scene.

Body

• In one or two paragraphs describe the challenge and explain its significance. In other words, what happened and why does it matter?
• In one or two paragraphs describe how the challenge was resolved and reflect on its meaning. In other words, what actions were taken, and what did you learn?

Conclusion

• In a final paragraph, conclude with remarks on the impact this challenge had on your life. How did this challenge shape the person you are today?

Additional Requirements.

• Two to three double-spaced pages (500750 words), not including the title page
• Typed and submitted in Microsoft Word format
• 12-point font, 1-in. margins, Times New Roman style
• A seventh edition APA-style cover page

For this assignment, you will not use any external resources. However, you will need to format the essay in APA style. The seventh edition of the APA Style Manual has some important changes, so please use this APA essay template.

Please note that the use of generative artificial intelligence, including, but not limited to, ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot or Grammarly, is not allowed for this assignment.

I need a 5 page essay with 5 legitimate outside sources that are fluidly integrated into the essay. My topic is on – the impact of inflation on consumer behavior. focus on a specific geographical area or how it affects consumers and their perceptions of political parties.

1. Read:
2. Robert Frost: “The Road Not Taken” & “Birches”
3. E.E. Cummins “In Just”
4. Stevie Smith “Not Waving but Drowning” & “To Carry the Child”
5. Philip Larkin “This be the verse”
6. Audre Lorde “Hanging Fire”
7. Sandra Cisneros “My Wicked Wicked Ways”
8. CYOA ESSAY:
9. Do a deeper dive on the background of one of the authors and share out that information and how it might impact the poem they wrote. You can do this in written format. With the prevalence of AI, you’ll need to provide source information for all author information that you find.
10. Do a deeper dive into the experience/historical background explored in the poem and talk about how it impacted the individual experience of the characters in the poem. Please provide the source information for what you learn here, too!
11. Does a poem remind you of a song or a movie or television show (Philip Larkin’s poem was featured on Ted Lasso!) offer a comparison/contrast.

Note: You do NOT need to use all of the readings. You can use one or two of the readings to do the assignment on. Then choose ONE of the CYOA essay prompts to do the assignment.

1. Read:
2. Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1948/06/26/the-lottery
3. Ursula Le Guin “The One’s Who Walk Away from Omelas” (attached)
4. Discussion Board:
5. These two stories share many points of overlap. Choose one and explore it in your post. The post should compare/contrast that point of overlap showing how it plays out in each story and then drawing conclusions from there. You are also welcome to connect that point of overlap to the “real” world our world and talk about how that theme plays out in our lives, too (if you see it doing so).
6. ** Remember: Each post should assert a clear answer to my question in an introduction paragraph and then build body paragraphs that use the texts as support for that answer. Please post your own response and then respond to AT LEAST two posts by other students in the class. These responses can comment on the content of the student response (places where they might add more information) and also on the organization, structure, or style/grammar of the response. These responses aim to help your fellow classmates improve their responses, so please provide as much constructive criticism as possible.

I already have the proposal and the paragraph work I just need the fully draft with my ideas and the work that I already did

I will submit the proposal and paragraph work and professor feedback

Use the Google Doc attached and write an opening scene to a dystopian text. You can use the sentence starters on the board to help you begin.

Assignment Overview

Write an academic narrative essay describing a meaningful experience that shaped your thinking about communication, learning, or identity. Your essay must tell a focused story while demonstrating reflection and insight that would matter to a college-level audience. This essay is not just a story it should be a reflective, analytical narrative that demonstrates your understanding of the rhetorical situation and how experiences influence writing choices and communication style.

Your goal is to:

Tell a compelling story

Reflect on what the experience taught you about communication or learning

Connect the story to your growth as a student or writer

Purpose

This assignment helps you:

• Practice academic storytelling
• Develop narrative structure (scene, reflection, significance)
• Apply rhetorical awareness (audience, purpose, context, exigence)
• Use vivid description while maintaining academic tone

Essay Requirements

Length

23 pages (approx. 500750 words)

Format

• MLA format
• 12-point font
• Double spaced
• Title included

Essay Structure Guidelines

1. Engaging Introduction

• Begin in a vivid moment or scene
• Provide brief context
• End with a thesis or controlling idea explaining what the experience taught you

Your thesis should express the significance of the moment, not summarize the story.

2. Narrative Body (Storytelling)

Include:

• Setting and characters
• Key actions and dialogue (if appropriate)
• Sensory details
• Chronological organization

Focus on one meaningful event, not your entire life story.

3. Reflection & Analysis

Explain:

• Why this moment mattered
• What it taught you about learning, communication, or writing
• How it influenced your voice, confidence, or academic goals

4. Conclusion

Tie the experience to:

• Your development as a student
• Your approach to academic writing
• Your rhetorical awareness moving forward
• Rhetorical Situation Connection:
• Rhetorical ElementApplicationAudienceCollege readers who value reflection and insightPurposeTo explore personal growth and rhetorical awarenessAuthorYou as a developing academic writerContextA college writing assignment focused on literacyExigenceThe experience that prompted learning or personal change

Minimum requirements to earn credit:

• Length: 2 pages (plus additional Works Cited page)
• Sources: Use 1 primary source
• Documentation: Correct MLA documentation is expected, including in-text citations and a Works Cited page. If you include any source material without giving proper credit, you risk either earning a zero on the assignment or an F as your final grade in the course.

Purpose:

This assignment will help you practice literary analysis skills that are essential to your success in this course:

• Skills: Create an interpretation of a character based on close reading of a story.
• Provide evidence from the story to support your interpretation.
• Use MLA documentation, including correct source integration, in-text citations, and Works Cited page.
• Connect your analysis to a larger context, such as the time period when the story was written or set.
• Practice the writing process by planning, drafting, revising, and editing your essay.
• Knowledge:
• Vocabulary terms about character, including sympathetic/unsympathetic and static/dynamic

Assignment:

Create a character analysis essay built on close readings of one text from Module 1. You will focus on one specific aspect of the characterization and provide support from the text. Remember that characterization may be revealed through the character’s own thoughts, speech, and actions; through another character’s speech, thoughts, or actions toward that character; or through the narration.

Choose a specific topic from the list below or create your own topic with my approval. If you choose a unique topic, it must be approved by the instructor before you begin. If you write on an unapproved topic, you will not earn credit. (Note: you only need to choose ONE of these topics for your paper; you do not need to select one topic from the sympathetic/unsympathetic section and one from the static/dynamic.)

• Approved topics:
• Choose one of these characters and discuss whether he or she is sympathetic or unsympathetic. Be sure to discuss how the author creates (or does not create) sympathy for the character.
• Rip Van Winkle from Irvings Rip Van Winkle
• Protagonist from Gilmans The Yellow Wallpaper
• Paul from Lawrences The Rocking-Horse Winner
• Choose one of these characters and discuss whether he or she is static or dynamic. Be sure to discuss how the character changes (or does not change) in specific ways over the course of the story.
• Goodman Brown from Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown
• Peyton Farquhar from Bierces An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
• John from Gilmans The Yellow Wallpaper
• Hester from Lawrences The Rocking-Horse Winner

Tasks:

A strong essay will:

• Open with an introduction paragraph that catches the reader’s attention, includes relevant background information, and ends with your thesis statement. Your thesis should state your interpretation of the character (sympathetic, unsympathetic, static, or dynamic) and main reasons.
• Include 23 well-developed body paragraphs, and incorporate text-based evidence from the story (such as quotations and specific scenes or details), explaining how each piece of evidence supports your analysis of the character.
• End with a conclusion that briefly sums up your main ideas and connects your discussion of this character to the culture and values of its time and place.
• Use an academic voice with third-person point of view (no you or I except within direct quotations), and use formal grammar and spelling.
• Follow MLA paper formatting guidelines and MLA documentation style (correct source integration, in-text citations, and Works Cited page).

Your essay should avoid:

• Unsupported claims – you should not invent new scenes, dialogue, or backstory; avoid hypotheticals or guessing about what might happen; you should not make statements about the character that cannot be supported with clear evidence from the text.
• Biography – you should not use background information on the author or text (from the course Content or the textbook) within body paragraphs. Body paragraphs should discuss evidence from the short story only. You may use background information on the author or text in the introduction or conclusion if it is relevant.
• Plot summary – assume your reader is familiar with the story; avoid summarizing it or providing an overview; use only the relevant evidence to prove your thesis.
• Large copied passages quote sparingly; use ellipsis as necessary; avoid block quotations

Sources:

You must use and cite the primary source; you should not use other sources.

• A primary source is a text by the original author. You will use one short story from the Module 1 readings.
• You should not use additional sources. You should be able to complete these responses based upon your opinion and the assigned class readings.

You may NOT list any sources on your Works Cited page that you do not use in your paper. Also, you may NOT use (through quotation, paraphrase, or summary) any sources that you do not cite in the essay and on the Works Cited page this is plagiarism and grounds for failing the assignment.

Reminder:

All assignments submitted for this course must be your own work – your ideas and your words – created for this course in this semester. Please review the policies for plagiarism and Artificial intelligence (AI) content in the Syllabus and contact the instructor if you have any questions.

What I have from my thoughts:

Peyton Farquhar = Static

A man standing at the brink of death with a noose around his neck envisions the greatest escape of his life. This man is Peyton Farqhar, the protagonist of Ambrose Bierces short story called An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. The story is set during the American Civil War. Farquar, who is a wealthy Southern planter and a Confederate supporter, was tricked by the Union Soldiers and sentenced to hang for attempting to damage a Union railroad bridge. Farquhar then takes the readers through his illusion of a vivid escape from death. Throughout the story, which is filled with suspenseful and dramatic events, his character does not change, and for these reasons, Peyton Farquhar is a static character.

Peyton Farquhar kept his beliefs and motivations the same throughout the story, showing the static nature.

Peyton Farquhars escape is a fantasy and did not transform in the story. In the story, he goes through a very sensory, detailed adventure to get to safety. He drops into a moving river, swims as quickly as he can, dodges bullets, and returns safely to his home. While reading the story from the reader’s perspective, it may seem like he transformed, but it is only in his mind and does not show any positive or negative character trait change. He is still the same man who is rationalizing his death through illusion, which underlines his inability to grow or gain insight at the brink of death.

The storys unexpected, shocking turn reinstates that Farquhar is static; he dies without realizing the truth of his reality. The final revelation, which was his bolt of freedom occurring moments before his death, shows that he never achieved self-awareness or grasped the truth.

Works Cited

Bierce, Ambrose. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. The Story and Its Writer, edited by Ann Charters, Bedford/St. Martins, 2019, pp. 61-67.