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Model
Essays
last update: January 12, 2011
These are "A" essays, written by ETSU students
during recent semesters, arranged here by assignment.
I. Narrative/
Personal Experience/ Reportage
- 21
and Pregnant: A Young Woman’s Trials and Tribulations During Pregnancy. By Morgan Smith. 3130 F10
- BUFFY
THE DOG: A TALE OF SURVIVAL AND NOTHING MORE. By Trevor Rumsey. 3130 F10
- Caroline: The Girl Who Forgot to Breathe. By C. B.
3130 F10
- Exploring
Atlantis: Mother and Son Bond While Traversing Santorini. By Jared Moffett. 3130 S07
- Knocking
on Heaven’s Door: My First Day at the Life Care Center of Gray, Tennessee. By Jessica Hooper. 3130 S10
- Mule Day: A
Little Homespun Fun for the Good Ole Boys and Girls of Columbia, Tennessee. By Ellie Rinehart. 3040 F07 (ETSU Mockingbird 2008 nonfiction 2nd place)
- My
First Year as a Teacher: Lilly. By
Elizabeth Pruitt. 3130 F10
- Quickie
Wedding: A Recipe for Disaster. By
Veronica Taylor. 3130 F10
- School
Shooting: A True Account. By Zack
Walden. 3130 F09
- “Sea-Fever”:
Why I Don’t Mind Sand in My Shoes.
By Victoria L. Vanderveer. 3130
S10
- Surviving Your First
Night at Bonnaroo: One Young Couple’s Odyssey. By S. W. 3130 F07
- The
Wreck: On Stopping a Drunk Driver…
By Caron Castle. 3130 S10
II. Tech Writing ("How-to"-- Expository/
Explanatory)
- A
Beginner’s Guide to Plugs. By
Courtney Blevins. 3130 F09
- Can’t
Tan?: The How-To of Sunless Tanners, for Fair-Skinned Women. By Renee Osborne. 3130 S09
- Curls
Gone Wild: Tips for Dealing with Curly
Hair. By Ruthie Canter. 3130 F08
- Delicious
Deer: A Guide to Preparing Some Tasty Venison Dishes. By Ashley D. Million. 3130 F06
- DIY:
Pre-planning Your Own Funeral. By L.
Charlie Holman. 3130 F09
- A
Final Act of Charity: Donating Your Body to Science. By Allison Burke. 3130 S09
- Green
Creamy Goodness: How to Make Guacamole Dip that is sure to be a Hit, by
Kati Haj-Hussein. 3130 S08
- The
Little Netbook That Can: The Asus EEE-PC 1005HAB. By Stuart Bowen. 3130 F10
III. Review / Criticism
- Review: Animal,
Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life.
By Barbara Kingsolver. By
Elizabeth Phelps. 3050 S09
- The
Big Lebowski: Hilariously Bizarre--The 1998 film The Big Lebowski has staying
power for devout fans, newcomers beware.
By Andy Donovan. 3130 S09
- A
Bloody Good Time: Reviewing the Movie Feast. By Chris Dykes. 3130 F09
- The
Cold Hard Truth: He’s Just Not That Into You. By A.B. Holland, 1010 S08
- The
Little Netbook That Can: The Asus EEE-PC 1005HAB. By Stuart Bowen. 3130 F10
- Love,
Lust, and Politics in the Court of Henry VIII: A Look at Showtime's "The
Tudors." By Alisa
Livaditis. 3130 S08
- No
Falling Short in “Nightfall”: A Fanboy’s Review of Blind Guardian’s “Nightfall
in Middle Earth". By Will
Wagner. 3130 F10
- Put
Something In: The Contributions of Shel
Silverstein. By Aletha S. Meyer.
3040 F07
- Range
Review: Phoenix Arms, HP22 Pistol. By Felicia Sheffield. 1010 F09
- Tori
Amos: The Feminist Healer. By Brandi McCloud. 3130 S09
- Well,
that Sucked: an Actually Biting Review of Summit Entertainment’s New
Moon. By Breanna Bengle. 3130 S10
- You
Think You Have Experienced it All? How About an Evening with the Macarena and Mo:
Dinner at King Tut Grill in Knoxville, TN.
By P-Nut Girl. 3130 F10
IV. Academic Writing--Writing from Sources
- The
American Dream: The Southside Chicago Origins of the Harlem Globetrotters. By Chris M. Brown. 3130 F07
- A
Blaze in the Northern Sky: A Black Metal Survival Guide. By Skregnok the Defiler of Sanity. 3130 S10
- Console
Wars: A Brief History of Home Video Game Consoles. By Paul Nicely. 1010 S08
- Eyes,
Intuition, and Intellect: Edward Weston.
By Andy Frost. 3130 F09
- Halloween:
It’s a Scream! How a Superstitious Pagan Ritual Became a Quintessentially
American Holiday. By Megan Jewell
Kerns. 3130 F06
- Kiss
Me, I’m a Capricorn: The Astrology Epidemic. By Lindsey Farris. 3130 F10
Horoscopes
are fun and flirty, but the pseudo-scientific beliefs they engender dally more
with egotism and neurosis than with good, hearty knowledge.
- Lago
Agrio: What an Oily Mess. By Jordan
Barnette.
While
BP has been very publicly ameliorating damages in the Gulf Coast,
Texaco/Chevron has removed itself from a decades-old environmental catastrophe
in Ecuador. The behavior of these companies starkly contrasts the other and
provides a moralistic lens through which to view the actions of corporations in
apparently similar situations.
- A Tour
through the Travel Genre 2006-2007: Common Places, Unconventional Subjects, Strange
People, and Changing Forms. By Jamie
Merriman-Pacton. 3040 F07
- Types
& Treatments of Diabetes Mellitus: Sugar Can Taste Bitter. By Bhavik Joshi. 1010 Summer 2008
- Walking the
Dark Path: A Tour of Auschwitz in July 2006. By Rhonda Hoover. 3040 F07