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3130 Advanced Composition, Spring 2022
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Student Essays
last update: January 12, 2022
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
- 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
- My Journey Through Hell; A
Memoir of my First Marriage. By D. S. Blac,. Fall
2020
- The
Redneck Waterslide: How I (Almost) Broke My Back at Church Camp. By Sarah
McNabb, Fall 2020
- The Secret Heart: A Memoir of
My Grandfather Thurman Cooper’s Life, by Samantha Matney, Fall 2021
- “The Sins of the Fathers
Visited Upon the Children,” or How I Lived More-or-Less Openly Queer in the
Southern Baptist Church, by Emrie Gilbert, Fall
2021
- The Two Years That Changed
My Life: A Story of the “Love” and Abuse of a Naïve Girl, by Isabella Marrin (pseudonymn). Fall 2021
- 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
- How to Spend a Weekend in Johnson
City, Tennessee: A Guide from a Local, by Taylor Harr, Fall 2021
- 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
- The Album That Started Heavy
Metal Music: A Review of Black Sabbath’s Black Sabbath Album, by Brett Strother, Fall 2021
- 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
- Curiosity
from Controversy: A Quarantine Read of Nabokov’s Infamous Lolita Guided by One
of the Most Unreliable Narrators in Literature, by E.P. (pseudonym). Fall
2021
- 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
- The Hideaway: 3 Reasons Why
Johnson City, Tennessee Needs This Punk Sanctuary, by Kylee Phalen, Fall 2021
- Of Hope and White Wings: A
Review of Hatoful Boyfriend, by Emma Sheedlo, Fall 2021
- 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
- Why Tamora Pierce’s Protector
of the Small Quartet Should Have Been Gen Z’s Harry Potter, by Emrie Gilbert, Fall 2021
- 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
- Living
with Stigma: Dealing with the Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder.
By Amanda Young, Spring 2016
- The
Sacrifice of a Stray: Laika’s Mission to the Stars Aboard Sputnik 2, by
Laken Greene, Fall 2021
- 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