Worth:
150 points (15% of course
grade)
Process Dates:
· Wednesday, 2/3: Post thesis statement (one
to two sentences MAX) draft to Blackboard
· Friday, 2/5: Post topic sentences (3 to 5)
to Blackboard
· Wed., 2/10: Post first body paragraph to
Blackboard
· Friday, 2/19: Essay 1 due, typed and
brought to class on time.
Requirements:
· 750 – 1000 effective words,
which approximates to 3 to 4 pages (a full 3 minimum).
· MLA Format: double-spaced
paragraphs; 12-point Times
New Roman or Cambria font
· Include MLA in-text citation
and a Work Cited page (not included in minimum page count)
· Single space header on left
side:
Student name
ENGL
101
Essay 1
Title (Centered)
Essay Topic/Purpose:
Christopher Columbus. Lance Armstrong. Bill Cosby. The
Duggars. … Who is a person that you admired, that you saw as a hero, only to
have their actions (including their words) or to have time (maturity?) change
your point of view to now seeing them as an anti-hero, a regular ol' Joe, or
something else less flattering. In your narrative, what has your changing view
taught you—please, please, please: avoid clichés and platitudes. Use fresh
language to express your views, balancing the creative individuality of who you
are with the formality expected within academia.
Critical
Thinking on Topic:
· Is there anybody famous that
you used to admire?
· Is there anybody who wasn’t
famous but whom you admired?
· What was it about the person
that you felt made them a hero?
o What is your definition of
hero!?!
o How has your definition
evolved over time?
· What questions and what
things would you have for this person if they sat down at your dinner table?
· Grammatically, this paper
asks me to think about past and present—how does that help me think about
sentence verb tense?
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Essay 1: Defining An Anti-Hero
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ENGL101
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