English Essay
Rhetoric—Mimicking Great Writers
GENERAL TOPIC: RHETORIC—the art of persuasive writing.
This is the challenge: write a piece about something you are passionate about, do research on it, and then write it by emulating and mimicking Machiavelli’s style, structure, and other strategies used.
It is very important for using Word Choice, we should use exactly the same Mechiavelli’s word choice. Then write this paper as the same way Machiavelli did on his essay.
This essay should be four to six pages.
Please double-space, type, and use 12 pt font on all drafts. Also put name and class info on top left, title centered, and last name (first page) and pg number top right (every page). As always, this should include a Works Cited Page.
Essay Prompt :
I would like to see you choose author Niccolo Machiavelli and emulate his style, structure, and overall rhetoric used while developing your essay position.
For example, you may write a How To manual titled “Qualities of a College Student” and then, using research and Machiavelli’s style, tone, and structure, write a persuasive manual to help new students navigate successfully through college. You can write any How To you would like. Last semester, a student wrote a letter to her daughter and how to become a successful adult. She used some of Machiavelli’s actual suggestions and research about being a well-adjusted person (i.e. good coping strategies). I imagine the word “wise” will be used more than once!
This is just the beginning of ideas. Let’s come up with them together. Be creative, aware of vocabulary, word choice, and overall style, and push yourself beyond your own writing.
The very best writers use what we call “mentor texts” to extract strategies and use them in their own writing. Here, you will do the same, inhabiting the voice of a great thinker and writer.
English Essay
Rhetoric—Mimicking Great Writers
GENERAL TOPIC: RHETORIC—the art of persuasive writing.
This is the challenge: write a piece about something you are passionate about, do research on it, and then write it by emulating and mimicking Machiavelli’s style, structure, and other strategies used.
It is very important for using Word Choice, we should use exactly the same Mechiavelli’s word choice. Then write this paper as the same way Machiavelli did on his essay.
This essay should be four to six pages.
Please double-space, type, and use 12 pt font on all drafts. Also put name and class info on top left, title centered, and last name (first page) and pg number top right (every page). As always, this should include a Works Cited Page.
Essay Prompt :
I would like to see you choose author Niccolo Machiavelli and emulate his style, structure, and overall rhetoric used while developing your essay position.
For example, you may write a How To manual titled “Qualities of a College Student” and then, using research and Machiavelli’s style, tone, and structure, write a persuasive manual to help new students navigate successfully through college. You can write any How To you would like. Last semester, a student wrote a letter to her daughter and how to become a successful adult. She used some of Machiavelli’s actual suggestions and research about being a well-adjusted person (i.e. good coping strategies). I imagine the word “wise” will be used more than once!
This is just the beginning of ideas. Let’s come up with them together. Be creative, aware of vocabulary, word choice, and overall style, and push yourself beyond your own writing.
The very best writers use what we call “mentor texts” to extract strategies and use them in their own writing. Here, you will do the same, inhabiting the voice of a great thinker and writer.
English Essay
Rhetoric—Mimicking Great Writers
GENERAL TOPIC: RHETORIC—the art of persuasive writing.
This is the challenge: write a piece about something you are passionate about, do research on it, and then write it by emulating and mimicking Machiavelli’s style, structure, and other strategies used.
It is very important for using Word Choice, we should use exactly the same Mechiavelli’s word choice. Then write this paper as the same way Machiavelli did on his essay.
This essay should be four to six pages.
Please double-space, type, and use 12 pt font on all drafts. Also put name and class info on top left, title centered, and last name (first page) and pg number top right (every page). As always, this should include a Works Cited Page.
Essay Prompt :
I would like to see you choose author Niccolo Machiavelli and emulate his style, structure, and overall rhetoric used while developing your essay position.
For example, you may write a How To manual titled “Qualities of a College Student” and then, using research and Machiavelli’s style, tone, and structure, write a persuasive manual to help new students navigate successfully through college. You can write any How To you would like. Last semester, a student wrote a letter to her daughter and how to become a successful adult. She used some of Machiavelli’s actual suggestions and research about being a well-adjusted person (i.e. good coping strategies). I imagine the word “wise” will be used more than once!
This is just the beginning of ideas. Let’s come up with them together. Be creative, aware of vocabulary, word choice, and overall style, and push yourself beyond your own writing.
The very best writers use what we call “mentor texts” to extract strategies and use them in their own writing. Here, you will do the same, inhabiting the voice of a great thinker and writer.
English Essay
Rhetoric—Mimicking Great Writers
GENERAL TOPIC: RHETORIC—the art of persuasive writing.
This is the challenge: write a piece about something you are passionate about, do research on it, and then write it by emulating and mimicking Machiavelli’s style, structure, and other strategies used.
It is very important for using Word Choice, we should use exactly the same Mechiavelli’s word choice. Then write this paper as the same way Machiavelli did on his essay.
This essay should be four to six pages.
Please double-space, type, and use 12 pt font on all drafts. Also put name and class info on top left, title centered, and last name (first page) and pg number top right (every page). As always, this should include a Works Cited Page.
Essay Prompt :
I would like to see you choose author Niccolo Machiavelli and emulate his style, structure, and overall rhetoric used while developing your essay position.
For example, you may write a How To manual titled “Qualities of a College Student” and then, using research and Machiavelli’s style, tone, and structure, write a persuasive manual to help new students navigate successfully through college. You can write any How To you would like. Last semester, a student wrote a letter to her daughter and how to become a successful adult. She used some of Machiavelli’s actual suggestions and research about being a well-adjusted person (i.e. good coping strategies). I imagine the word “wise” will be used more than once!
This is just the beginning of ideas. Let’s come up with them together. Be creative, aware of vocabulary, word choice, and overall style, and push yourself beyond your own writing.
The very best writers use what we call “mentor texts” to extract strategies and use them in their own writing. Here, you will do the same, inhabiting the voice of a great thinker and writer.
English Essay
Rhetoric—Mimicking Great Writers
GENERAL TOPIC: RHETORIC—the art of persuasive writing.
This is the challenge: write a piece about something you are passionate about, do research on it, and then write it by emulating and mimicking Machiavelli’s style, structure, and other strategies used.
It is very important for using Word Choice, we should use exactly the same Mechiavelli’s word choice. Then write this paper as the same way Machiavelli did on his essay.
This essay should be four to six pages.
Please double-space, type, and use 12 pt font on all drafts. Also put name and class info on top left, title centered, and last name (first page) and pg number top right (every page). As always, this should include a Works Cited Page.
Essay Prompt :
I would like to see you choose author Niccolo Machiavelli and emulate his style, structure, and overall rhetoric used while developing your essay position.
For example, you may write a How To manual titled “Qualities of a College Student” and then, using research and Machiavelli’s style, tone, and structure, write a persuasive manual to help new students navigate successfully through college. You can write any How To you would like. Last semester, a student wrote a letter to her daughter and how to become a successful adult. She used some of Machiavelli’s actual suggestions and research about being a well-adjusted person (i.e. good coping strategies). I imagine the word “wise” will be used more than once!
This is just the beginning of ideas. Let’s come up with them together. Be creative, aware of vocabulary, word choice, and overall style, and push yourself beyond your own writing.
The very best writers use what we call “mentor texts” to extract strategies and use them in their own writing. Here, you will do the same, inhabiting the voice of a great thinker and writer.
English Essay
Rhetoric—Mimicking Great Writers
GENERAL TOPIC: RHETORIC—the art of persuasive writing.
This is the challenge: write a piece about something you are passionate about, do research on it, and then write it by emulating and mimicking Machiavelli’s style, structure, and other strategies used.
It is very important for using Word Choice, we should use exactly the same Mechiavelli’s word choice. Then write this paper as the same way Machiavelli did on his essay.
This essay should be four to six pages.
Please double-space, type, and use 12 pt font on all drafts. Also put name and class info on top left, title centered, and last name (first page) and pg number top right (every page). As always, this should include a Works Cited Page.
Essay Prompt :
I would like to see you choose author Niccolo Machiavelli and emulate his style, structure, and overall rhetoric used while developing your essay position.
For example, you may write a How To manual titled “Qualities of a College Student” and then, using research and Machiavelli’s style, tone, and structure, write a persuasive manual to help new students navigate successfully through college. You can write any How To you would like. Last semester, a student wrote a letter to her daughter and how to become a successful adult. She used some of Machiavelli’s actual suggestions and research about being a well-adjusted person (i.e. good coping strategies). I imagine the word “wise” will be used more than once!
This is just the beginning of ideas. Let’s come up with them together. Be creative, aware of vocabulary, word choice, and overall style, and push yourself beyond your own writing.
The very best writers use what we call “mentor texts” to extract strategies and use them in their own writing. Here, you will do the same, inhabiting the voice of a great thinker and writer.
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Class
The Student
On Using Other Students as Resources
The Student, therefore, must learn how to sway the trust of others and how to benefit off of other students amongst them, to reap off the intelligence of others to make one’s own college life easier. The Student must learn to cheat when necessary but most importantly to never be caught, if one cannot cheat without being caught, then one should never consider becoming a student in the first place. Cheating may conflict with the Student’s views of right and wrong, but the student must overcome this to become successful in school. Many of those amongst the student have cheated and have achieved their current status, cheating can and will one day be the difference between success and failure and the Student therefore, must realize this pivotal moment and use the opportunity to use another student’s work as their own.
On Studying and Taking Shortcuts
The Student must know how to study, but take shortcuts when necessary, no student should spend too much time on one subject. Therefore, too much time on a subject will take too much time away to work on other important areas. If the student feels lacking in a subject, it is recommended that the student seek help from other students and teachers, unless it is test day, then the student should cheat as they see fit. A student has no honor or shame, honor or shame will hold you back, a student only exists because it is necessary to have an education, no student enjoys being in school, a student must simply fake it until they make it. Spending too much time on a topic will burn the student out and cause more damage in the long run. Know when to set a subject or work aside, do not allow an assignment to cause stress or show weakness in yourself.
A Student’s Duty Concerning Sleeping Schedules
The Student must, and will develop a sleeping schedule that best benefits him/herself. Knowing when it time to rest will determine the success and the level of proficiency that the Student will operate at the next day. A strong Student will not allow themselves to fall asleep in class, the Student must appear to be the life of the class and gain the professor’s favor, only then will the Student find easy and accomplishment in the course. The Student, of course, if showered in work may find themselves in a time were a solid sleeping schedule cannot be maintained, these moments are titled as midterms and finals, it is essential that the student makes time for a sleeping schedule whether the schedule must be cut back upon it must remain consistent.
On Being the Professor’s Favorite
Beginning, therefore, with the first of the above-mentioned qualities is by far one of the most important skills that the Student must acquire is the ability to become the Professor’s favorite. It is often rumored that the Professor’s cannot have favorites, this is not true, as a Student has a favorite Professor a Professor will have a favorite student. The Student must become and maintain the favorite if the Student is to find ease in the course. The Student must be careful however, a favorite borders along the lines of the enemy, one wrong move or action will land the Student on the Professor’s bad side, a side which the Student will not be able to come back from. The Student, if finding himself on the Professor’s bad side must expect the unexpected, low grades and cold shoulders, and the worst sarcasm. If the Student finds themselves as the favorite, do not be surprised of you make enemies among your peers, jealousy is common amongst others.
Dealing with Fellow Students
How must the Student survive in an environment filled with other students who seek a common goal? Bite your teeth if you must, choose your words as if you were a friend, therefore you will may make acquaintances. The Student will encounter those that are disliked, whether the Student is jealous or simply dislikes the other it is more beneficially to avoid conflict. The Student therefore, has multiple options for dealing with those they do not agree with; one, the Student can ignore the other and continue on, two, the Student can make “friends” with this person a friendship that benefits oneself like a parasite does, do not be afraid to make “friends” even if they are being used to amplify the Student’s own personal gain. It should be noted that friends come and go, as do enemies, step on them if you must, assert your dominance as the Student. The majority of those around the Student will not be encountered once again after the semester, only make the exception for true friends.
On Colleges and Campuses
Since the Student will find themselves with many opportunities in life, the Student is advised to take what they can get when they can get it. Status will be valued by the Student, often this status is seen through the college that the Student attends. Those amongst the Student will overlook the intellectual qualities that the Student has, in favor for the College that they represent. Use caution, therefore, knowing the College that the Student w-ill attend in the future is a tactic that the Student should use to impress others. The Student must not be ashamed of where they are, instead the student should be proud of where they will go in the future.
Works Cited
Machiavelli, Niccolo. “The Qualities of the Prince”. A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers.
Ed. Lee A. Jacobus. 8th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2010. 39-52. Print.
