Welcome to RhetComp‘s Writing Minor Spotlight Page! RhetComp is a student-run journal here at Stony Brook University. On this page you can find students’ writing completed in writing classes in fulfillment of either the Writing and Rhetoric Minor or the Professional Writing Minor. Take a peek at what we do!
- Generational Ties by Morgan Diep (4/24/2024) - I wrote this essay, titled “Generational Ties”, for my WRT 303 course in my sophomore year. WRT 303 is the personal essay class, and our first assignment was to write a first-person narrative paper. I chose to write about my cultural background, but also how that tied in with my family history. Writing this piece helped me develop a better understanding of how I would …
- Psychological Autoethnography Essay by Caitlin Saliba (4/4/2024) - This was written for WRT 304, or Writing for Your Profession. I took this last year, so I was a sophomore. The purpose of the essay was to explore our chosen career path, and to explore our reasoning for choosing this path. He encouraged us to look deeper than “what do you want to be when you grow up?” and explain all angles of the decision …
- Anglicism Appropriation “Tendency” in the Russian Language by Maria Sazonova (3/18/2024) - I wrote this essay for WRT 102, as a research essay with a topic of my choice. It was quite a delight to write because the topic at hand was very relevant to my life and close to my heart. More specifically, in twisting it and writing it out like a wet towel everytime I hear english-turned-russian words, sticking out like a rusty nail out …
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