English 475—Spring 2017 - Professor Robert Nazar



English 475—Spring 2017Essay #2: Writing a Profile Essay Background: A profile essay provides the reader with objective information on a specific person, place, or activity. With a fresh approach, the writer must use a combination of observations, quotes from an interview, and narrative storytelling to communicate a concise, visual portrayal of the chosen subject. Written for a particular audience, the profile essay should inform the reader with new information on the subject. The profile of a subject is marked by a clear and consistent dominant impression.Purpose: This semester’s textbook, Eleanor & Park, focuses on two teenagers’ struggles at school, with their families, and with love. The author successfully portrays the two main characters by using memorable descriptions and realistic dialogue. In Essay #1, you wrote a personal narrative in which you explored a profound moment in your life; however, for this second essay, your task will be to compose a well-developed, college-level profile essay about a significant event in one of your family members or relatives’ life.Audience: Assume that your reader is not familiar with your family member’s story. The goal of your essay is to profile your family member’s story in an interesting and engaging manner.Due Dates: dates for the conference, outline, the rough draft [**missing peer review workshop will result in a 10% reduction of your final draft grade], the revised draft, and the final draft are listed on the course schedule. Required Format: All drafts must be typed, 3 FULL pages in length [not to exceed 5 full pages], and follow strict MLA guidelines for formatting the paper: double-spaced, 1” margins on the top, bottom, and sides, and 12 point, Times New Roman font. As well, need to follow correct MLA policy for the Work Cited page.Evaluation: Essays will be evaluated using the following criteria [“standards of judgement”]: essay is based on both first-hand, newly acquired observation and interview essay is written using a third person perspective, NO first or second person referencesin the form of a thesis statement, the author successfully creates an objective dominant impression of the person [one that is free of an explicit opinion]the dominant impression is supported with a balance of dialogue and observation, description, and narration about the chosen personwriter consistently “shows and not tells” [uses sensory details, dialogue, adjectives, etc. to paint a vivid portrait of the person]reflects organization of thoughts with the reader in mindessay is written in present tense [body language, facial expressions, tone of voice, etc.]essay shows sophisticated use of diction to engage and maintain the reader’s interestessay developed to 6+ paragraphs follows the conventions of written English [free of repetitive grammatical errors]Final Thoughts: Please feel free to visit me during my advice hours in my office, CHMB-212 [T & TH, 7:15-7:45am; 12:00pm-12:30pm] or reach me by email [robert.nazar@chaffey.edu] if you have any questions or simply wish to talk about the writing process. This second essay of the semester is worth 15% of your semester grade, so give it your best effort. Good luck! ................
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