Instructions:
- After reading Essay #1Assigned Readings
- Analyze and break down what you have read
- Write a response essay based on what you have read and answer the essay question below
- Create an outline
- Make sure your thesis is clear
- Consider Logos, ethos, pathos
Essay Question: What does Emerson emphasize in his essay and Langston Hughes in his poem? How can you connect or relate these 2 assigned readings to today’s society? Has anything changed since the time these essays and poems were written? Based on what you have read, why is it important to share these character traits in Emerson’s essay or address Hughes’s concerns? Include the things you have learned from a Guide to Rhetoric and from the assigned readings. Also, make sure to give your point of view as well. Please be sure to use examples to illustrate your point of view and/or make connections to what you have read.
Writing Requirements:
- MLA Format
- Introduction
- Thesis
- Body
- Conclusion
- Double spaced
- 12-inch font
- Cited Work Page
- Page numbers
- Check for grammar, punctuation and spelling
- 3 – 4 pages including cited work page on the 5th page only
- Submit to Unichecker and read the report before submitting the assignment.
- Submission Requirements: Please upload your outline and rough draft essay as a PDF or Word attachment document only, or I will not be able to give feedback on your essays. * DO NOT PLACE YOUR ESSAYS IN THE SUBMIT TEXT BOX !
- What was the author’s tone?
- Who are the main idea?
- What descriptions or words stood out?
- What did each other emphasize?
- What do you think the author is expressing?
- What are your own perspectives and views on what you have read?