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ENG 102 – LSCC FALL 2026DEPARTMENTAL/EXIT ESSAY EXAM GENERAL ESSAY REQUIREMENTS Yоu will chооse ONE of the two topics below аnd write one five-pаrаgraph essay of 750–1000 words. Your essay must: Develop an arguable thesis that directly answers the question. Use specific details and quotations from the assigned reading to support your ideas. Include 5 LITERARY TERMS in support of your analysis. Make these literary terms easily visible to your reader by underlining them, putting them in ALL CAPS, or highlighting them. Provide MLA-style in-text citations for quotations and other information from the reading. Provide a Works Cited entry for the assigned reading. Make a meaningful personal connection to the reading. Use your own experiences or observations throughout the essay to explore, illustrate, support, or challenge the idea you develop. Do not isolate your personal experience in a separate paragraph. Analyze the reading rather than simply summarizing it. Explain how the writer's choices develop the ideas you discuss. The MLA Works Cited pattern for a reading provided by an instructor is below with a sample to help you create a correct Works Cited entry: Citation Pattern: Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of the Reading.” Title of the Website, uploaded by Instructor’s Name, date assigned, course URL. Example: Saunders, George. “Sticks.” Canvas, uploaded by Dr. King, 4 Sept. 2026, https://alabama.instructure.com/. TOPIC 1: FLASH FICTION QUESTION: WHAT DOES “THE LAST CHAIR” SUGGEST ABOUT HOW PEOPLE RESPOND TO LOSS AND CHANGE, AND HOW DOES YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE SUPPORT OR CHALLENGE THAT IDEA? READING: “The Last Chair” by Maya Ellis When Mr. Alvarez came into the classroom carrying the old wooden chair, everyone laughed. “That thing belongs in a museum,” Jordan said. Mr. Alvarez smiled. “Probably. But it still has a job to do.” He set the chair beside the window and went back to arranging the desks. Jordan recognized it immediately. It had belonged to Ms. Reed, the teacher who had taught him English the year before. Ms. Reed had been gone since Christmas. At first, Jordan had assumed she would come back. Teachers disappeared for a few weeks sometimes. People got sick. People took vacations. People came back. But in March, the principal announced that Ms. Reed would not be returning. Jordan never asked why. Now the chair sat in the corner of a different classroom, beneath a window that looked out at the parking lot. After class, Jordan waited. “Why'd you bring it in here?” he asked. Mr. Alvarez looked at the chair. “It was hers.” “I know.” “I thought you might want it here.” Jordan shrugged. “It's just a chair.” Mr. Alvarez nodded. “Sometimes that's true.” For several minutes, neither of them said anything. Then Jordan walked over and ran his hand along the scratched wooden arm. There was a tiny blue mark near the bottom, probably from a pen. He remembered Ms. Reed tapping that same arm whenever she wanted the class to stop talking. He laughed. “What?” “Nothing.” “No, what?” Jordan shook his head. “She used to say that if we didn't stop talking, she'd make us write our essays by hand.” Mr. Alvarez laughed. “That's terrifying.” “It worked.” Jordan looked again at the chair. He had spent months avoiding Ms. Reed's name. Somehow, talking about her now didn't feel like avoiding anything. He pulled out the chair. “I guess somebody should sit in it.” Mr. Alvarez nodded. Jordan sat down. Outside the window, the buses were beginning to line up. For the first time all semester, Jordan stayed until the last one left. TOPIC 2: POETRY QUESTION: WHAT DOES “SONNET 2” SUGGEST ABOUT WHAT MATTERS MOST IN LIFE, AND HOW DOES YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE SUPPORT OR CHALLENGE THAT IDEA? READING: “Sonnet 2” by Gwendolyn Bennett Some things are very dear to me—Such things as flowers bathed by rainOr patterns traced upon the seaOr crocuses where snow has lain . . .The iridescence of a gem,The moon’s cool opalescent light,Azaleas and the scent of them,And honeysuckles in the night.And many sounds are also dear—Like winds that sing among the treesOr crickets calling from the weirOr Negroes humming melodies.But dearer far than all surmiseAre sudden tear-drops in your eyes.