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In an effort to take education beyond the classroom, particularly in those classes that address technoculture, I’m happy to announce the Big Jelly Essay Contest, beginning the fall semester of 2010. This will be an on-going contest each semester open to upper-level courses in the CIT program and literature classes that examine science and the [...]

The following essay was submitted by Erika Lloyd to answer the following question. It is from my recent World Literature 1 summer course and provides an example of a solid and thoughtful essay that incorporates lecture and discussion with a firm grasp of the texts considered. The question: Discuss the term “evil” and how it [...]

For my 1102 class. For this essay, you will begin by researching Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus. Your job will be to research a particular character and analyze that character’s importance within the play; characters will be assigned in class on 10/19. You might consider approaching this assignment as if you were cast as the character for [...]

For my 1102 class. For this assignment, you will write a either an essay response or a book review of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. Response Find at least two critical articles (preferably more) on McCarthy’s The Road. Read the articles to find any similarities that the critics address about the novel. You’re to choose any theme [...]

This essay will require you to research human impacts on the environment and present your findings in a 1000-2000 word essay that is properly documented. Your topic should have a local component; i.e., it should have some direct bearing on the environment in Central Georgia. Topics could include, but are not limited to: Automobiles (electric, [...]

This class has been selected to participate in an ongoing software testing study administered by the Division of Humanities at Macon State College. As part of this study each of you wil submit, in class, at least two online essays through Criterion. These essays will receive an immediate “score” of between 1 and 6. You [...]

This essay will require you to respond to Norman Mailer’s commentary Why Are We at War? in a three-page, formal essay. Since it is your essay reacting to Mailer’s book, your opinion is what matters here, using Mailer’s text as a resource. This is not a book report, so your job is not to summarize [...]

The purpose of the Essay Test is to find out how well you can write an essay. You will have sixty minutes to write an essay on your choice of one of four topics. Listed below, along with some information, are a few suggestions which will help you do your best on the essay.

Identify a traditional value or belief that has been influential in your growing up, like that “everyone should have a college education,” or “the importance of the traditional family,” or “men do certain things better then women” — introduce that value in the context of your life, then describe that value and why it is [...]

Identify a traditional value or belief that has been influential in your growing up, like that “everyone should have a college education,” or “the importance of the traditional family,” or “men do certain things better then women” — introduce that value in the context of your life, then describe that value and why it is [...]