Your task is simple:
Please write a 500-word essay with an expository thesis statement focusing on the following question:
Now that you've taken the full College Writing Sequence at AU, in what ways are mandatory composition classes valuable, and in what way are the expendable?
I really want to know what you think about. Please use examples from your own personal experience to interrogate the value of College Writing. Be honest-- there's probably nothing you could say that I haven't already thought myself at one point or another.
Your focus in writing should on:
Sentence-level clarity
Fully realized ideas
Structural integrity that helps reveal meaning.
I will grade each essay on a rubric based upon those three factors.
You will have 60 minutes to complete this task.
Have fun, and thanks for your insight!
Anna
