ENG101: Essay Development - Week 2 Assignment: Prewriting Analysis

This document presents a completed Week 2 assignment for ENG101, focusing on the initial stages of essay development. The assignment requires the student to choose a topic and demonstrate a prewriting technique, selecting 'Alternative Energy Options' as the subject. The student employs free-writing to explore ideas, providing a substantive pre-write that considers various aspects of the chosen topic. Furthermore, the assignment includes an audience analysis and diction section, where the student identifies the target audience as adults aged 25-50, and discusses an approach to technical concepts and formal writing characteristics. The assignment adheres to the specified grammar concepts and includes references to support the arguments. The student demonstrates an understanding of the assignment requirements by providing a prewriting exercise, audience analysis and diction, incorporating the concepts of grammar discussed in the course, and proper referencing.

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Course Project: Essay Development - Choose a Topic
Assignment Overview
For this first assignment in your Essay Development Project, you will choose a topic and demonstrate
a prewriting technique with your audience in mind. This is the first step you will take to complete your
final polished essay in the last week of the course. The Five-Paragraph Essay Overview describes
how each of the weekly assignments leads up to your final essay. Review it, so that you can plan your
time throughout this course accordingly.
This assignment is intended to provide practice writing using proper grammar, punctuation and
spelling. You will also explore various writing techniques, including pre-writing, audience analysis, and
diction. Taken together, these skills will inform your knowledge of the steps in the writing process.
Assignment Details:
Perform the following tasks:
 Complete the reading assignment and the interactive lesson before attempting this
assignment.
 Follow the directions below in the Assignment Worksheet section. Begin the pre-writing and
audience analysis process of your essay composition in the spaces provided on page 3.
 Submit your assignment via Blackboard by clicking on the “Week 2 Assignment” link.
 Include the proper file naming convention: ENG101_wk2_assn_jsmith_mmddyyyy.
Grading:
Grading Criteria Points Possible Points Earned
Part I – Pre-write
 Labeled technique and correctly applied technique to
pre-writing activity.
5
 Considered all aspects of topic as shown by free-flow of
ideas.
30
Part II – Audience Analysis and Diction
 Identified audience thoroughly. 5
 Addressed terms/jargon; presentation (diction). 5
 Described approach. 5
 Described characteristics of tone to be used. 5
Grammar and Spelling Overall
The following grammar concepts will receive special attention:
 Used correct parts of speech. 5
 Used correct capitalization. 5
 Used appropriate end punctuation. 5
Total Points 70

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Assignment Worksheet:
Choose an essay topic from the list, or a different topic with instructor approval, and then complete
Parts I and II below, using the next page:
 Global warming
 Alternative energy options
 Providing free college education to prisoners
 Buying American-made products
 Mandatory drug testing for those receiving Public Assistance/Welfare Aid
 Legalization of drugs
 Impact of health care reform. (This is not referring to a specific piece of legislation, but to a
general legislative topic.)
Note: As part of this assignment, you are expected to demonstrate your knowledge of the grammar
concepts you practiced this week.
Part I: Pre-write
 Refer to the following strategies discussed in your textbook and choose either…
o Free-writing
o Clustering
o Listing
o or Questioning
 Your prewriting MUST be substantive. Show that you have seriously considered all aspects of
your topic. Make sure that you also label the technique (freewriting, clustering, listing, or
questioning) you have used and don’t limit yourself…let your ideas flow!
 There are no right or wrong concepts or ideas in prewriting. You can use the samples given in
your text, or use the sample in this week’s lesson to help guide your writing.
Remember: In the coming weeks, you narrow your approach as you continue developing the ideas
that you begin in this week.
Part II: Audience Analysis and Diction
 As you work on your pre-write, consider your approach to your essay, who is your audience?
Note: Avoid a simple response such as “everyone.” You would want to choose a response that
is well-thought out, such as, “My audience is kids who are ages 5–8 years and who have never
known their father. They have been living primarily with…. They live in an area of town that….
Their home situation is… Their schooling situation is…”
 Write a paragraph to address all of the following questions (at minimum: 5-7 sentences) while
applying the grammar concepts you learned this week:
o Profile your reader. Who are they? What demographics are you trying to reach (age,
gender, class)?
o What terms/jargon do you plan to use? How do you plan on presenting them?
o How will you approach more technical/difficult concepts in your paper?
o Describe how you plan to integrate a formal academic tone into your essay (What might
be some of the formal characteristics you would use?).

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Part I: Pre-write
ALTERNATIVE ENERCY OPTIONS
Free-Writing
Alternative energy means any source of energy that does not use fossil fuels (Stojčetović, Nikolić,
Živković & Bogdanović, 2019). It is true that there are a few things we may do to prevent our earth from
deteriorating (Tetiana, Inna, Walery, Olga & Svetlana, 2018). We should have individuals willing to protect the
surrounding environment. I have heard many people saying that there remains no hope because humans have
aready did to much things that damage the earth surface. There are chemical created by machines that make
things for our Universe. We have made the use of machines since it make the work easier. Occasionally, these
machines cause sickness or disease to the individuals who work with as well as around them. mybe people
could create machines that did the task for us but we remain healthier after we have used them. I have at all
times liked the notion of living off the land. You know, possessing cattle as well as a garden with healthy food.
To me, I gree, it would be difficult to adjust. Recycling remains one of the major factors that support us in
keeping Earth healthy. So, numerous things can be recycled such as glass, plastic, as well as certain metals
(Kaur, Foong, & Jawaid, 2017). The main problem is that many people do not take part in recycling process. It
is extremely nice that our government has offered certain methods to recycle by having our newspaper,glass,
plastic as well as grass clippins picked up from the homestead. Also, there are ways to assist like using thigs like
solar powered. I have seen many houses over the past years buying solar panels for use at home to assis them
lower electricity use. I am not so sure how effective is the use of solar panel. I am so sure that there are many
vehicles that use solar panel as additional power backup. My step sister works on a wind farm. Last year she
was working in Canada, and she told us that many sites were extremely large open space with numerous
windmills. Seemingly, the use of wind mill to generate electricity has been a big hit in most countries. There
remain many of these wind farms in United States. I think she said they approximately two hundred ft tall, not
so sure. I think the use of alternative energy options is one of the best way we can conserve the surrounding
environment. Also, the use of candles as light and conserving the amount of water can also make us conserve

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the surrounding environment. Sharing and talking to neighbors so that we remain not wasting the necessary
resources is one of the best strategy that can help us protect the surround environment.
Part II: Audience Analysis and Diction
My audience would be adults between the age of 25 to 50 years old. I would try to target 2 different
social classes. The two classes would be middle class and working class.This subject remains largely impacted
on what adults may do to use alternative energy options. I would mainly target adult readers in US that have
children and a spouse. My approach would be personal and informative. I would be capable of knowing how
certain things affect them because they have a family just like me. I shall approach a technical concept by
ensuring that I use proper grammer as well as utilizing Smartthinking. Resources from the library of my school
shall help me to approach complex concepts while writing the essay. Some of the formal characteristic I shall
use include: to be clear as well as concise, write in present tense and use of 3rd person while speaking. Also, my
writing shall be informative to all the audience.

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References
Kaur, P., Foong, C. N., & Jawaid, A. (2017). Recycling Practices And Perceptions Among Rural Primary School
Children In Sjk Chung Hua Asajaya, Samarahan, Sarawak. Journal Of Borneo-Kalimantan, 3(2).
Stojčetović, B. V., Nikolić, Đ. M., Živković, Ž. D., & Bogdanović, D. M. (2019). Swot-ahp method application
to determine current energy situation and define strategies for energy security improvement. Thermal
science, 23(2 Part B), 861-872.
Tetiana, H., Inna, N., Walery, O. K., Olga, G., & Svetlana, D. (2018). Innovative model of economic behavior of
agents in the sphere of energy conservation. Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal.