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3130 Advanced Composition, Fall 2017
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Student Essays
last update: August 25, 2017
These are "A" essays, written by ETSU
students for advanced composition or related classes that I've taught during the
past few years, and published here with the authors' written permissions. The
essays are arranged by assignment type. -- Dr. O'Donnell, instructor --
odonnell@etsu.edu
I.
Narrative
- Car
Rides with My Mamaw Throughout my Life: A Reflection on the Passing of Time,
by Sarah Berryman, 3130 F15
- Dancing
with the Dead: Recalling my Granddaddy, A Cemetery Caretaker in Webb, MS.
By Jaden Erbs. 3130 F12
- The
Heavy Price of Opiate Addiction: My Family’s Story, by Katy Snapp, 3130
S16
- Learning
to Drive: A Trip in Humor, Love, and Fear, by Sarah A. Keesee, 3130 S17
- My
First Night on the High School Marching Field: The sock tans may fade but the
memories will last forever, by Morgan Baskett, 3130 F16
- Super
Glue to Cure What Ails Ya: My First Experience at a House Concert; Knoxville,
TN, 2007. By J. E. Duncan (pseudonymn). 3130 F13
- Walking
the Catacombs: Exploring Edinburgh's Underbelly--How One Skeptic Came to
Believe in Ghosts. By Brooke Bowers. 3130 F13
II.
Tech Writing
- Abingdon's
Hidden Gem: Barter Theatre. By Greta Burgess, 3130 F14
- Bare
to Brilliant in Thirty Minutes: a Makeup Tutorial for the Cosmetically
Challenged. By Kylie Hensley, 3130 F15
- A
Five-Day Guide to Climbing in the High Country of North Carolina, by Andrew
Miller, 3130 S17
- The
Hows and Whys of Making Homemade French Bread for the Domestically Challenged.
By Corrine Dolan, 3130 F14
- Shaken,
Not Stirred: Recipes for the Creation of 4 Classic Cocktails. By C. Lynn
Blados, 3130 F12
- War
of the Wills: Corrales vs. Castillo I. By Kasey Enckler, 3130 F15
III.
Review / Criticism
- Creating
a Genre: How The Lizzie Bennet Diaries Brought Classic
Literature to YouTube, One Vlog at a Time. By Anna McGill, 3130
F14
- Dawes’
Most Dawes Record Yet: A Review of All Your Favorite Bands, by
Kayla Hensley, 3130 S16
- Defying
the Stereotypes: Taking a Chance on a Morrissey Concert (July 2015 – At the
Ryman Auditorium), by Emma Owens, 3130 S17
- Eastwood's Sully:
Investigations of a Pilot's Forced River Landing, by Terri Cornett, 3130
S17
- A
New Era Begins: A Look at Evangelion 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone. By Jon K. Chrisawn,
3130 F14
- Running
Out of Time: A Review of Supermassive's New Survival Horror Game, "Until
Dawn". By Sam Campbell, 3130 F15
IV. Academic Writing--Writing from Sources
- Attention
Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder: One Parent’s Battle to Understanding the
Disorder. By Kim Rigsby, 3130 F15
- “For
Those About To Rock": The History of AC/DC From 1976 - Present, by
Olivia Bower, 3130 F16
- Give
us a Gender Neutral Pronoun, Yo!: The Need for and Creation of a Gender
Neutral, Singular, Third Person, Personal Pronoun. By Elizabeth Elrod, 3130
F13
- Living
with Stigma: Dealing with the Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder.
By Amanda Young, 3130 S16
- Regulating
Lines: How the influence of Le Corbusier (1887-1965) is still alive in East
Tennessee. By Andrew Russell. 1010 Summer 13
- The
Woman Behind the Curtain: A Look at the Life of Mildred Benson, original author
of the Nancy Drew series. By Scottie Garber, 3130 F15