<p>I want to read (manly) Roamorse's essays too! Somehow, I never got a chance to. :-( Grace me with your literary honor, roam!</p>
<p>Quick question: I'm still in the midst of writing my essays; however, my friend and I are disagreeing on precisely what essay #1 is asking for.</p>
<p>It explicitly requests that the response not be a book report or plot summary. However, is it asking for a literary analysis type of paper? As in, highlighting all literary devices (think AP Eng Lang) such as hyperbole, tone, mood, metaphors, etc.</p>
<p>Or is it asking you to write about the book (not summarizing it) but still using citations to further your point?</p>
<p>britnay - they want an analytical paper on a book/poem you read, meaning just that: don't merely summarize the plot or give a shallow generalization over what the book was about. pick an argument and stick with it, using citations to prove your point. i don't think you need to pick out all the rhetorical devices (haha, yes, aplang!), but you certainly can mention them, if you wish. </p>
<p>and lmao, thanks guys, but what's with all this talk about my essays? it started out with one person pm'ing me about them and then somehow escaladed from there. i loved all of the essays i read from people who emailed me theirs. i'm humbled, i must say. </p>
<p>good luck online applicants, you still have a couple of hours left!!!</p>
<p>p.s. thanks for the parenthetical comment, yanners. way to further the ambiguity of my gender on this forum. LOL</p>
<p>Has anybody recieved mine yet? I sent them out to a few but no one responded.</p>
<p>Roamorse, you must give me yours. If they're this good, I bet I could learn a thing or two from you. =D</p>
<p>Hmmm iriseyes...I replied to your email! Did you not get it?? I haven't read them yet, but will get around to them when I can.</p>
<p>I didn't get it. T_T</p>
<p>Wait, let me check again. Eeeehhh.....no. Are you Muthu?</p>
<p>What have been the topics you all covered in Essay #2?</p>
<p>I covered the fallacy of geisha as prostitutes, historically and economically.</p>
<p>But in very dumbed-down terms; no one wants to read about things like the embroidery on a maiko's collar vs. the gold leaf on a tayuu's headdresses... >_>;;</p>
<p>I'm a bit of a geisha nerd, have been since I was 12.</p>
<p>I talked about the extreme partisanship that runs throughout all levels of our government today, what could happen if it continues, and what steps the voters can take to change it.</p>
<p>Most people prooooobably find that boring, but it was fun. And plus, maybe it'll score me some points for Cornell I!</p>
<p>I talked about the hypocrisy of charity. Arghhhh I'm stuck on my ranking explanations lol. Everything I say just sounds like it came from the description on the website.</p>
<p>I wrote about the problem of children losing their creativity as they grow up. I kinda tied it in with my love of all things artsy/photography related.</p>
<p>i talked about the meaning of life. no seriously. lol</p>
<p>if anyone wants some essays read you can send them to <a href="mailto:whatismouse@gmail.com">whatismouse@gmail.com</a> and i can send some back if youd like.</p>
<p>oh, and i hope that if i do get to the interview stage that they do not choose solely based on social fluency. discrimination against social ineptness is uncool!</p>
<p>Wow, your essay #2s just merely cement the fact that I think mine suck.</p>
<p>cdon--
yes!
forensics is my LIFE</p>
<p>Oh man. A little over 8 hours left!</p>
<p>Yikes.</p>
<p>I talked about a process I call normalization, which I ended up defining as society's constant forcing us to conform to ideas through everything from the way we grow into constructed identities to the way we communicate.</p>
<p>Blame policy debate for planting these seeds of rebellion in my head. =)</p>
<p>ah, those sound like very interesting issue essays! mine was very narrow and not broad-based at all. don't worry britnay! you guys will all be able to pull through. </p>
<p>why do i have to get sick on a friday. ugh. ><</p>
<p>roamorse, can i read your essays :) my sn is Zachsta830
ha
any attempt to procrastinate</p>
<p>Oh jeez my essay #2 is coming out like total crap. May I read somebody's? <a href="mailto:brittnayy@gmail.com">brittnayy@gmail.com</a></p>
<p>whew, i finally submitted my TASP application...what relief. i think im going to stay away from this board until the appropriate time comes (that is if i get an interview)</p>