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English 1301

Emblematic Essay

Assignments and Prewritings

• Essay 1 Assignment and Prewritings
• Prewriting 1: Description   (PDF)  (Video)
• Prewriting 2: Narrative      (PDF)  (Video)
• Prewriting 3: Significance   (PDF)  (Video)
• Drafting Your Essay           (PDF)  (Video)

*Essay format and citation style: MLA*

Online Readings

(Check your schedule for our readings from both A Writer’s Reference and  Writing down the Basics. All student samples are listed below this.)

• Descriptive Essays
• Writing Narrative Personal Essays
• Creative Non-Fiction: An Overview
• Getting Feedback

Student  Samples

• Aburn Fur  
• A Defining of Character
• A Drift in Time
• A Drift in Time: Cover Letter
• A Hammer and Tape Measure
• A Stormy Memory
• Almost Taylor Swift
• A Not-So-Hidden Treasure
• A Not-So-Hidden Treasure: Cover Letter
• A Ride Back in Time
• A Second-Hand Bike
• All Summer Long
• Angelic Redwood
• Bent out of Shape
• Buried Treasure
• Buried Treasure: Cover Letter
• Chasing a Dream
• Connecting with History
• Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend
• Drawing Love
• Fishing for Memories
• Footprints to Shadow
• Generations of Polish
• Grace is a Gift
• Grand Old Piano
• Guillotine of Love
• His Name is Rex
• I’ll Always Have
• Iron Patience
• It’s Hot in Here
• Just Like Papi Guero
• Lead the Way  
• Lead the Way: Cover Letter  
• Let Love Ring
• Mahogany Violin
• Microphonic Adolecence  
• More than a Blanket
• More than Just Tortillas
• Music Heals  
• My First, Hopefully My Last, My Everything
• My First, Hopefully My Last, My Everything: Cover Letter
• My Pretty Girl  
• Not Only Sunflowers  
• Premature  
• Prodigal Daughter
• Seasoning a Bond
• She Makes Me Think of Pancakes
• Sherry  
• Simple 14k
• That Round Piece of Rubber
• The Hand-Me-Downs
• The Olive Branch
• The Smallest Comfort
• The Smallest Comfort: Cover Letter
• The Sound of My Rose
• The Sweetness of Long, Hard Work
• Threads of Sunshine
• Tool of War
• True Wealth is Measured in Gumballs
• Where the Magic Came From  
• Writing My Life

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