In order to understand the significance of the 11th prompt, click on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOO5S4vxi0o Describe your experience in ENGL 1100 this semester. How has it been different from other English classes you've taken? What do you feel you benefitted most (if anything at all) from in... more

What is your final topic for your argument paper? What are the main points that support it? What kinds of researched information will you use to support those points? What do you feel is going to be the greatest challenge for you writing this paper?

What topic(s) are you considering for your argument paper? Why do these interest you? What are the potential counter arguments?

I want to do my argument paper on whether hunting is ethical or not. A lot of people in today’s world think that hunting is unethical because meat is readily unavailable in grocery stores. They don’t realize that people hunt for meat and it’s a more humane way to harvest meat. Letting the animal live in the wild its... more

BOO! How did writing your Boyle paper differ from writing your personal narrative? Which one did you find easier to write? What do you feel were the strengths of your Boyle paper? Weaknesses?

What is your thesis for the Boyle paper? Which stories do you feel best prove it? What parts of the stories best support it?

Which option for the Boyle paper have you chosen (Theme or Compare/Contrast)? If theme, what theme have you chosen and why? What stories have you chosen for your paper and why?

Nicholas Kleber For my TC Boyle paper I have chosen to do a theme paper on The Human Fly and On For the Long Haul. It took a lot of decision making for me to decide which two options to focus on but after considering the notes I have taken and the information I know, I feel that the two I have picked are the best... more

Which of the Boyle stories we've read so far do you like the most? Why? Which of the stories we've read do you like the least? Why? Which story is most unlike anything you've read before?

What kinds of papers have you written before in terms of literature? Have you ever done a literary analysis? Poem analysis? What questions do you have going into this TC Boyle paper?

Most papers I wrote in high school were summary or argumentative papers. I never had any issues with drawing out an argumentative paper. I actually considerer myself pretty good at coming up with strong arguments. What hurt me the most during high school was the fact that most of my teachers did not even require... more

Now that you have submitted your personal narrative, what do you feel most proud of about your paper? What do you feel most apprehensive about in your paper? Describe your process for writing the paper (i.e., did you do it all at once, break it up, multiple drafts etc.).

What event have you chosen to write about for your personal narrative? Why did you choose it over other significant events? What details do you feel will best support your thesis that this is a life-impacting event?

Choose one of the following quotes to identify with and explain why you chose it: "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and I, I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." -Robert Frost "The which does not kill us makes us stronger." -Friedrich Nietszche

Describe your experiences in previous English classes. What did you find most beneficial? What did you benefit least from? What do you think will help you most in this semester?

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