Select three of the five essays listed here.
1. Langston Hughes, “Salvation” (1940, LNR, p. 32)
2. Zora Neale Hurston, “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” (1928, LNR, p. 11)
3. Chang-Rae Lee, “Coming Home Again” (1995, LNR, p. 301)
4. Judith Newman, “To Siri, with Love: How One Boy with Autism Became BFF
with Apple’s Siri” (2014, LNR, p. 450)
5. Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor, “The Kitchen Crisis” (1970, LNR, p. 120)
Content Premise:
Essays, just like short stories, are essentially three-dimensional structures. For each of the three essays you choose, do a one-to-two-page response that describes:
1. How the introduction grabs our attention;
2. How the transitions between paragraphs help shape the action;
3. How the conclusion brings finality (closed) or raises new questions (open).
4. How the essay is structurally designed. (Try to see it three-dimensionally.)
Specs:
Double-space, one-inch margins, Times New Roman, 12 cpi. Be sure to put your name and the class number and section at the head of the paper.
Submit:
Turn in your work as a word document file attachment via my UofL email. I prefer that you put all three responses in the same word document if possible.