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Exemplar Texts
Exemplar texts are freely available models of the genres in which we often ask students to write. You can suggest exemplar texts for inclusion on this page using the Exemplar Text Submissions Form.
Argument
- Garcia, Maggie. “The Issue of Child Brides.” Mosaic. Nicholls State University, 2023, pp. 150–54.
- Mehlman, Maxwell. “Doping Soldiers So They Fight Better—Is It Ethical?” The Conversation, n.d.
Personal Narrative
- Borich, Barrie Jean. “Dogged.” Sweet, vol. 3, no. 2, 2011.
- Felsenfeld, Daniel. “Rebel Music.” The New York Times, 26 Mar. 2010.
- Spitznagel, Emma. “The Reality of Leaving Home.” Mosaic. Nicholls State University, 2023, pp. 140–42.
- Sukrungruang, Ira. “Chop Suey.” Brevity, vol. 19, 2005.
Profile
- “A Lobstering Life: Meet the Coombs.” The Maine Thing Quarterly, n.d. (Recommended by Tiffany Duet.)
- Martin, Richard. “The Life of a Taphophile.” Mosaic. Nicholls State University, 2023, pp. 147–49.
- Riess, Jeanie. “The Storm Oracle of New Orleans.” The New Yorker, 13 Sept. 2021.
- Sanneh, Kelefa. “Harlem Chic: How a Hip-Hop Legend Remixed Name-Brand Fashion.” The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2013. (Recommended by Robin White.)
- Stevia-Gridneff, Matina. “A Holocaust Survivor Lifts Neighbors in Dark Times.” The New York Times, 20 Nov. 2020.
- Taylor, Pegi. “The Art of Disappearing.” Salon, 24 Jan. 2001. (Recommended by Melissa Remark.)
- Williams, Alex. “Drawn to a Larger Scale.” The New York Times, 14 Apr. 2010. (Recommended by Melissa Remark.)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Writing Program Administrators
Erick Piller
Peltier Hall 251B
erick.piller@nicholls.edu
985-448-4980
Scott Banville
Peltier Hall 251C
scott.banville@nicholls.edu
985-448-4445