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Chazen essay example 7: Erika Dickerson
This final and wonderful example of an approach to the Chazen essay question models an analytical comparison of two pieces. Like many of the other examples posted below, Erika Dickerson used her compa… more →
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Chazen essay example 7: Erika Dickerson
Mike Shapiro wrote 2 months ago: This final and wonderful example of an approach to the Chazen essay question models an analytical co … more →
Chazen essay example 6: Gethsemane Herron
Mike Shapiro wrote 3 months ago: Our sixth example of a successful Chazen essay, by Gethsemane Herron, concentrates on two painters … more →
Chazen essay example 5: Clark Chism
Mike Shapiro wrote 3 months ago: Our fifth exemplary essay comes from Clark Chism, who thoughtfully concentrated his analysis on the … more →
Chazen essay example 4: Anoushka Syed
Mike Shapiro wrote 3 months ago: Here is a fourth model approach to the Chazen assignment, by Anoushka Syed. Notice especially the fr … more →
Model Essay: René's Essay 2
Mike Shapiro wrote 4 months ago: René has been generous enough to share publicly her final draft for Essay 2. This is a remarkably th … more →
On posses and possession: minding your own esses
Mike Shapiro wrote 4 months ago: There are a few spelling errors too minor to be worth their own Reminder among the 44 but yet suffic … more →
Two images of the Comedy of Errors set at American Players Theatre
Mike Shapiro wrote 4 months ago: As you consider William Brown’s interpretation of The Comedy of Errors for Essay 4, consider a … more →
What is analysis?
Mike Shapiro wrote 4 months ago: In the instructions for answering the Dickens midterm essay, we wrote Support [your essay's] thesis … more →
Pip's poor dreams
Mike Shapiro wrote 4 months ago: Larry observes in the assignment for Essay 3 that Pip’s five dreams are on pages 15, 79, 258, … more →
Notes on the Dickens midterm essays
Mike Shapiro wrote 4 months ago: I was responsible for grading most of the essays answering the tricky question about the effectivene … more →
Citing Dickens
Mike Shapiro wrote 4 months ago: As your quote or paraphrase passages from Great Expectations, please be careful to cite the appropri … more →
Essay #2 sign-up sheet for conferences with David
Mike Shapiro wrote 5 months ago: Here are the times you signed up to meet with David this coming Wednesday (July and Thursday (July 9 … more →
Citing the sonnets in Essay 1
Mike Shapiro wrote 5 months ago: One of the nit-pickier problems in writing about Shakespeare’s sonnets lies in how you quote a … more →
Short notes on the pre-essay
Mike Shapiro wrote 5 months ago: There are no grades for the pre-essays, of course, there is something to be said for the impression … more →
Final exam: Part II, example 1
Mike Shapiro wrote 1 year ago: Mariana agreed to let me post her answer to the Chazen essay as a model answer. Thank you, Mariana! … more →
Final exam: Chazen essay grades
Mike Shapiro wrote 1 year ago: In order to grade the Chazen essays in the time limit, I wrote comparatively few comments. Here, the … more →
Final exam: Part II—the Chazen essay
Mike Shapiro wrote 1 year ago: (The green assignment sheet lists the Chazen essay as Part III.) The writing staff has divided the g … more →
A strong Douglass essay
Mike Shapiro wrote 1 year ago: Arthur agreed to let me share his Essay 5, a remarkably thoughtful investigation into Douglass … more →
Some good news about Essay 5
Mike Shapiro wrote 1 year ago: The mean scores for Essay 5 are the second-highest of the summer, bested only by the scores for Essa … more →
