Due: April 26thby class time, via Canvas
Length: One page, double-spaced, no more than 300 words
In her essay “Dispatch from Flyover Country,” Meghan O’Gieblyn recounts specific details to characterize the “flyover country” in which she lives as an economically-depressed and impermanent crossroads, a place that one travels through to reach more economically and culturally vibrant areas in the east and west. Choose one such particular detail, image, or proper noun that strikes you in “Dispatch from Flyover Country,” and assert its relevance or connection to an important theme of the O’Gieblyn essay. Explain what writing tools used by O’Gieblyn – such as adjectives, associations, or allusions – help you understand the tone of the passage you have chosen to review.
This assignment is worth 5% of your grade in UWP 101.
