Example Essays/Assignments
These assignments have not been altered or "corrected," so please conduct your own research concerning grammatical/mechanical, MLA, and spelling issues.
Annotated Bibliography (for 1301 and 1302 students)
Literature Examples:
Literary Analysis Research Essay (for 1302 and all literature students)
"Young Goodman Brown" (for 1302 & American lit. students)
Scholarly Article Assignment (not assigned to summer & express lit. students)
Rhetorical Passage Analysis (not assigned to summer & express lit. students)
Modern Issues Project (all literature students)
1301 Examples
****For examples of annotated bibliographies, see the first link at the top of the page.
Speech Analysis (essay #1)
Education Essays (essay #2, rounds 1-2)
Literary Analysis (essay #3):
Annotated Bibliography (some the examples include bibliographies for both literary analysis essays--Engl. 1302--and argumentative essays--Engl. 1301.)
#1: 1301 example
#2: 1301 example
#3: 1301 example
#4: 1302 example
Literary Analysis (research paper) (please note that some of the essays are shorter than what is required; the assignment has been changed since some of these essays were written. Also note that some of the “rules” for citing sources has changed—refer to the web page linked from the Resources & Research section of Blackboard.)
#1 (1302)
#2 (1302 and American Lit.)
#3 (1302)
#4 (1302 and American Lit.)
#5 (1302)
#6 (1302 and American Lit.)
#7 (1302)
#8 (1302 and American Lit.) Notice how this student uses scholarly sources; he argues with them (but first he gives a history of various interpretations of the story and then explains how his argument/interpretation is different).
#9 (1302)
#10 (1302)
#11 (1302)
#12 (World Lit.)
#13 (World Lit.)
#14 (World Lit.)
#15 (World Lit.)
#16 (American Lit.)
#17 (American Lit.)
#18 (World Lit.)
#19 (1302) Excellent literary analysis
#20 (1302)
#21 (1302)
"Young Goodman Brown" Analysis
#3 (issues)
#4 (issues)
Scholarly Article Assignment (this assignment is a mini-essay and therefore should be approximately four pages in length--these examples are much shorter)
Rhetorical Passage Analysis (this assignment is a mini-essay and therefore should be approximately four pages in length [excluding the passage/quotation]--most of these examples are much shorter)
#1 (American Lit.)
#2 (World Lit.)
#3 (World Lit.)
#4 (American Lit.)
#5 (American Lit.)
#6 (World Lit.)
American Literature Examples (Mini-essays should be approximately four pages in length--most of these examples are much shorter—also note that the research essays can give you ideas for discussion posts, mini-essays, and issues questions. Refer to Literary Analysis Research Essays link at the top of the page.)
Native American Mini-Essays
Native American Midterm (research) Essay
Hawthorne and Poe Comparison/Contrast Issues #1
Hawthorne and Poe Comparison/Contrast Issues #2
See "Young Goodman Brown" examples in Literary Analysis section
Poe Compare and Contrast Mini-Essay #1
Poe Compare and Contrast Mini-Essay #2
Douglass Issues Questions
World Literature Examples (Mini-essays should be approximately four pages in length--most of these examples are much shorter—also note that the research essays can give you ideas for discussion posts, mini-essays, and issues questions. Refer to Literary Analysis Research Essays link at the top of the page.)
Iliad Midterm (research) Essay #1
Iliad Midterm (research) Essay #2
1302 Examples (note that the research essays can give you ideas for discussion posts, mini-essays, and issues questions. Refer to Literary Analysis Research Essays link at the top of the page.)
Unit 1:
Rhetorical Outline:
See "Young Goodman Brown" examples at top of web page
Modern Issues Project (please note that some of the essays are shorter than what is required; the assignment has been changed since some of these essays were written. Also note that some of the “rules” for citing sources has changed—refer to the web page linked from the Resources & Research section of Blackboard.)
#1 (American Lit.)
#2 (American Lit.)
#3 (World Lit.—summer & express students do not read this text)
#4 (World Lit.)
#5 (World Lit.)
#6 (American Lit.)
#7 (American Lit.)
#8 (World Lit.)
#9 (World Lit.—summer & express students do not read this text)
Speech Analysis (please note that some of the essays are shorter than what is required; the assignment has been changed since some of these essays were written. Also note that some of the “rules” for citing sources has changed—refer to the web page linked from the Resources & Research section of Blackboard.)
Analysis of "Letter from Birmingham Jail" (please note that your analysis should follow conventional essay format)
Color-Coded Analysis of King's Speech
#5 (includes notes/comments)
#9 (includes notes/comments)
Education Essays (please note that some of the essays are shorter than what is required; the assignment has been changed since some of these essays were written. Also note that some of the “rules” for citing sources has changed—refer to the web page linked from the Resources & Research section of Blackboard.)
Literary Analysis Essay (Essay #3) (please note that some of the essays are shorter than what is required; the assignment has been changed since some of these essays were written. Also note that some of the “rules” for citing sources has changed—refer to the web page linked from the Resources & Research section of Blackboard.)