AWA: Academic Writing at Auckland

Write a scene that extends upon the narrative of one of the following plays: The World of Extreme Happiness, A Streetcar Named Desire or A Midsummer Night's Dream

You are Sei Shōnagon, the author (and narrator) of the Pillow Book, but you have found yourself now as a student of Japanese literature at the University of Auckland. Employing the narrator's distinct style, compose ...

Creative Non Fiction: Complete one Creative Non Fiction exercise in the coursepack to Final Submission standard. Word count: 1,000-1,500. Famous People I Have Known - Recreate your own interaction with a famous person.

The poem 'Losing Battle' is an attempt at chant poetry (i.e. repetitive chant-like structure...) which was discussed (but not practiced) in class.

English assignment, creative writing.

General instructions: write 1-3 poems and 400-500 word exegesis that includes the impact of two class writing exercises.

Write a piece of creative non-fiction.

You should choose one essay from those distributed for this exercise, read it with care and engaged interest, and respond in an essay of your own making. A series of letters, an exercise in rhetorical reading.

Choose a story which has been reported in the media − newspaper, television, radio, magazine, blog. It should be a story which opens up ideas around a significant social, cultural or political issue. Either attach ...