Engl
3130 Advanced Composition, Spring 2017
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Final Exam/ Best Essays
from This Semester
last update: April 26, 2017
I. Final Exam
Instructions
This is an out of class
exam. Follow the instructions below.
1. Instructions
a.
Choose three of your classmates' essays that are posted
here. (Essays will be posted by Monday, April 24.)
b. Write a
response to each of those three essays. Use the memo
format.
c.
Print two copies of each response. Label the two
copies separately, as follows: "Copy 1, for [so-and-so --
author's name]," and "Copy 2, for Dr. O'Donnell,
instructor."
d. Bring
both copies of all three responses to class during the final exam period on
Wednesday, May 3, at 10:30 a.m.
2. Guidelines
for Each Response
a. Write at
least 300 words.
b. Address the author of the essay directly, using the
second-person, personal pronoun.
c. Do not
evaluate the essay. Instead, write about your own experience as a reader. Why
did you choose to respond to that particular essay? What did the essay make you
think and feel?
3. Grading
Criteria
I will grade each of
your three responses according to the usual criteria for good
writing: 1) focus/ purpose; 2) support and development; 3)
organization, including paragraphing; 4) style/ voice/ readability; 5) editing
and proofreading.
I will average the three
grades together to get a single grade, which is worth 5% of your final
grade.
II. Best Essays from
This Semester
1 - Defying
the Stereotypes: Taking a Chance on a Morrissey Concert (July 2015 – At the
Ryman Auditorium), by Emma Owens
2 - Eastwood's
Sully: Investigations of a Pilot's Forced River Landing, by Terri
Cornett
3 - A
Five-Day Guide to Climbing in the High Country of North Carolina, by Andrew
Miller
4 - Learning
to Drive: A Trip in Humor, Love, and Fear, by Sarah A. Keesee
5 - My
Handcrafted Tennessee Summer, by Adam Swift
6 - My
Stressful Proposal: This is the story of how I proposed to the woman I love and
why it was the most nervous experience of my entire life. By Davey Knott
7 - The
Top Five Hidden Attractions in Manchester England, by James Maines
8 - What
a Weekend: Yama-Con 2013 in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, by Jordan Cole