Academic

Here are my academic writing samples. These writing samples cover a range of work from literary analyses to lab study research. Here I hope to convey my perceptive voice.

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Dehumanizing a Man with Words:
An Analysis of Imagery in Ralph Ellison Invisible Man

In my African American literature class we read and discussed chapters and excerpts from many well known classics and underground gems written by talented black writers. One of those excerpts was from the beginning of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man. For this particular final assignment, I had to find a a peer-reviewed literature critique article and give my analysis and opinion on the article in regards to the text. I chose an article that discussed the imagery within the selected text. While reading, I felt the imagery elevated the power of Ellison's message to readers. It added multiple layers to make you think and maybe re-read. During the same semester I had an American literature class with the same professor. So essentially I had to do this final paper twice and I chose Invisible Man yet again but with a different critique article to analyze. Out of all my academic essays, this assignment urged me to be particularly thoughtful. I thoroughly enjoyed using my research, analytical, and perceptive skills to compose a paper about such a brilliant and vivid novel.

Biomolecular Lab Research:

HPV-E2 Protein Study Abstract

During my time as a medical diagnostic major, I was a biomolecular laboratory intern at the University of Delaware through INBRE Summer Scholars. For the summer I worked in Dr. Subhasis Biswas's lab directly under graduate student Roxy Evande. I learned from and assisted her in her ongoing research about HPV and vaccines, but specially the E2 protein. Right after completing my first year in college with my entirety of my college lab experience being online, I made an effort to learn as much as I can and become a useful asset to Roxy and her work. After an extensive summer of learning and practicing different procedures day after day, I started to work on my research abstract and poster for the end of the summer symposium. I learned how to really compact all my research and findings into a one page poster and one page abstract. I quickly had to exercise the skill of writing concisely while preserving the integrity of the content.

The Inquisitive Use of Rhetorical Questions in Darwin's The Origin of Species

Here is another literature analysis essay. This paper was for my English course focusing on Darwinism text and text inspired by Darwinism. At that point we have read multiple texts and had a couple of choices on what to write our paper about. I decided to analyze the use of rhetorical questions in Darwin's The Origin of Species. I personally love a clever use of a rhetorical question. I feel that it can add an element of conversation between the author and audience and be a great set up for an author to make a claim. This is exactly what I highlighted in this essay. Darwin's use of rhetorical questions set up a great stage for him to express his theories and claims during a time where the thought of evolution was outrageous.

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Dehumanizing a Man with Words: An Analysis of Imagery in Ralph Ellison Invisible Man

The Inquisitive Use of Rhetorical Questions in Darwin's The Origin of Species

Dehumanizing a Man with Words:
An Analysis of Imagery in Ralph Ellison Invisible Man