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3130 Advanced Composition, Fall 2021
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Student Essays
last update: August 21, 2021
These are "A" essays, written by ETSU
students for this Advanced Composition class 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 based on experience
- An
Adventure I Will Never Forget: Grandfather Mountain. By Katie Chafin. Fall
2016.
- Beowulf
and the 1,000-Year-Old Body: My Walk Through Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, England.
By Kristin Lyons. Fall 2019.
- Dropping
One Hundred and Twenty Feet in Four Seconds: My Daughter and I Experience the
Summit Plummet at Blizzard Beach, the Third-Tallest Free-fall Water Slide in
the World. By Cheston Axton. Fall 2020.
- Histoplasmosis
Syndrome: My Experience with an Ocular Injection. By Kelsey Grubb. Spring
2016.
- Learning
to Drive: A Trip in Humor, Love, and Fear. By Sarah A. Keesee. Spring 2017.
- My
First Night on the High School Marching Field: The sock tans may fade but the
memories will last forever. By Morgan Baskett. Fall 2016.
- My Journey Through Hell; A
Memoir of my First Marriage. By D. S. Black. Fall
2020.
- The
Redneck Waterslide: How I (Almost) Broke My Back at Church Camp. By Sarah
McNabb. Fall 2020.
- Vacationing in Redneck
Paradise: Lakewood Camping Resort in South Myrtle Beach, South
Carolina--“Yee-Haw”. By Grace Roberts. Fall
2019.
- Viking
Mountain: Greeneville, Tennessee--The Location For Grace, Beauty, And Wonder.
By Katelin Mckeehan. Fall 2020.
- Waking
Nightmares: Visits from My Sleep Paralysis Demons. By Harrison Pollitte.
Fall 2020.
II.
Tech writing
- Bare
to Brilliant in Thirty Minutes: a Makeup Tutorial for the Cosmetically
Challenged. By Kylie Hensley. Fall 2015.
- Breaking
My Father’s Heart: Understanding Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation. By
William R. Wight. Fall 2019.
- Cooking
Like Mamaw: A Guide to Cooking Biscuits and Gravy; Boston Roast with Brown
Gravy; and Blackberry Cobbler. By Kayla Welden. Fall 2017.
- A
Five-Day Guide to Climbing in the High Country of North Carolina. By Andrew
Miller. Spring 2017.
- A
Guide to Caring for Your Pet Rats. By Anne-Marie Wilson. Fall 2019.
- Stop
Fighting Your Curls: A Guide to Embracing Your Natural Hair Texture. By
Tracy Ezel. Fall 2020.
- If
I Can Make Them, Anyone Can: Meatloaf and Boneless Wing Recipes to Benefit the
Culinarily Challenged. By Abigail Seay. Fall 2019.
- Blues
Run the Game: A Look at the Tragic Life of Jackson C. Frank, the disregarded
folk talent whose gorgeous music was undermined by childhood trauma, poverty,
and schizophrenia. By Hunter Eaton. Fall 2019.
- Dawes’
Most Dawes Record Yet: A Review of All Your Favorite Bands. By
Kayla Hensley. Spring 2016.
- Defying
the Stereotypes: Taking a Chance on a Morrissey Concert (July 2015 – At the Ryman
Auditorium). By Emma Owens. Spring 2017.
- A
Dreamlike State of Life: The Love and Loss Depicted in Good at Falling,
the Debut Album by The Japanese House. By Alana Shuler. Fall 2020.
- Eastwood's Sully:
Investigations of a Pilot's Forced River Landing. By Terri Cornett. Spring
2017.
- I’m
Happy & It’s Homey: A Review of Open Doors Coffeehouse. By Olivia
Preshong. Fall 2020.
- I’ve
Waited a Long Time for This: A Review of a Marilyn Manson Concert (October
23, 2018 at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium). By Cheri Barnes. Fall 2018.
- More
Than a Kid’s Show: A Review of Nickelodeon’s Hit Cartoon: Avatar: The
Last Airbender. By Emily Bowens. Fall 2020.
- The
Power of Interactive Narrative: A Review of What Remains of Edith Finch.
By Cameron Davis. Fall 2019.
- The
Pursuit of Happiness: Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell! By
Carson Morgan. Fall 2019.
- Running
Out of Time: A Review of Supermassive's New Survival Horror Game, "Until
Dawn". By Sam Campbell. Fall 2015.
- Attention
Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder: One Parent’s Battle to Understanding the
Disorder. By Kim Rigsby. Fall 2015.
- Black
Greek-Lettered Organizations: How Schools Like ETSU Benefit from Their
Presences. By Jade Delahoussaye. Fall 2017.
- “For
Those About To Rock": The History of AC/DC From 1976 - Present. By
Olivia Bower. Fall 2016.
- Give
us a Gender Neutral Pronoun, Yo!: The Need for and Creation of a Gender
Neutral, Singular, Third Person, Personal Pronoun. By Elizabeth Elrod. Fall
2013.
- Living
with Stigma: Dealing with the Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder.
By Amanda Young. Spring 2016.
- Social
Media and the Pro-Anorexia Movement: How the Internet and Social Media are the
only things feeding Pro-Ana believers. By Chelsea Temple. Spring 2018.
- Willis
O’Brien: Unsung Pioneer of Animation and Special Effects. By Christian A.
Bice. Fall 2019.
- The
Woman Behind the Curtain: A Look at the Life of Mildred Benson, original author
of the Nancy Drew series. By Scottie Garber. Fall 2015.