Over the mid-semester, weve spent time discussing pop cultural and/or personal items as an entrance point to the concepts of genre, affordance, and circulation. Expand from this point to a larger document that fleshes out the relationship between you, your item, and the broader world you both occupy.

Essay Prompt Object Autobiography

Over the mid-semester, weve spent time discussing pop cultural and/or personal items as an entrance point to the concepts of genre, affordance, and circulation. Expand from this point to a larger document that fleshes out the relationship between you, your item, and the broader world you both occupy.

General Requirements

Essay Type: Narrative Essay

Approximate Length: 850 words (~3 pages double spaced)

Formatting: Times New Romans-equivalent Font, 1 Margins, Standard Kerning, etc.

Specific Requirements

Your reading audience should be able to answer three (3) questions in the course of reading your essay. These questions are:

What do you want the reader to know about the object youve chosen?
What do you want the reader to know about you?
How does the relationship between you and your chosen object reflect the relationship between you and the world?

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