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Assignment Prompt & Instructions

**Assignment**

For this assignment, you will write a **professional email to a person you consider revolutionary in your chosen field of study or career field**. Your goal is not simply to tell this person that you admire them. Instead, you will use their experiences, accomplishments, and influence as the foundation for a thoughtful reflection on **your own academic and professional development**.

Your email should demonstrate that you can **analyze a person’s impact, connect their experiences to your own development, and articulate how their influence may shape your future career.**

**Your Email Must Address:**

**1. Establish Their Significance**

Identify the person you selected and make an argument about **why they should be considered revolutionary in their field**.

Consider:

– What did they change, challenge, create, or accomplish?
– What was the field like before their contribution?
– What makes their influence significant?
– Who has been affected by their work?

Avoid simply listing accomplishments. **Explain why those accomplishments matter.**

**2. Analyze What You Admire**

Identify specific qualities, decisions, beliefs, or accomplishments that you admire.

Then explain **why** you admire them.

For example, instead of writing:

“I admire their determination.”

Explain what they encountered, how they responded, and why that response is meaningful to you.

**3. Connect Their Journey to Your Own**

Analyze the relationship between their struggles, failures, challenges, or successes and your own academic or professional journey.

Consider:

– What challenges have you faced that help you understand their journey?
– What experiences have shaped your own career goals?
– Where are your experiences similar or different?
– What can you learn from the choices they made?

Your connection should go beyond simply saying, **“I can relate to them.”** Explain the connection.

**4. Apply Their Influence to Your Future**

Explain how you intend to use this person’s example as you move forward in your education and career.

Discuss:

– What specific lessons will you apply?
– What habits, values, or strategies will you adopt?
– How might their example influence your decisions?
– What do you hope to accomplish in your own field?

**Research Requirement**

Your email must incorporate **at least two credible sources** about the person you selected.

Use the sources to support your understanding of their:

– Background
– Accomplishments
– Challenges
– Influence
– Contributions to their field

You should **paraphrase and synthesize** information rather than simply inserting quotations.

Include a brief **Works Cited/References section** using the citation style appropriate for your course.

**Rhetorical Expectations**

Because this is a Composition II assignment, you should think carefully about your **audience, purpose, tone, and rhetorical choices**.

Your email should:

– Establish a clear purpose
– Maintain a professional tone
– Use specific and relevant evidence
– Demonstrate analysis rather than summary
– Create a meaningful connection between the revolutionary’s experiences and your own goals
– End with a clear sense of how their influence will shape your future

**Length**

**750–1,000 words**

The email should be developed enough to demonstrate **analysis, synthesis, and reflection**, rather than simply answering each question separately.

**Suggested Organization**

**Subject:** The Influence of [Name] on My Career Goals

**Dear [Name],**

**Introduction:** Introduce yourself, identify the person, and establish your central reason for writing.

**Body Paragraph 1:** Explain why this person is revolutionary in their field. Use research to establish their significance.

**Body Paragraph 2:** Analyze what you admire about their journey, decisions, accomplishments, or character.

**Body Paragraph 3:** Connect their struggles or successes to your own experiences and development.

**Body Paragraph 4:** Explain how you will apply lessons from their influence to your education and future career.

**Conclusion:** Reflect on the significance of their influence and leave the reader with a clear statement about the professional you hope to become.

**Sincerely,**

[Your Name]

**Final Question to Consider**

Before submitting, ask yourself:

– a month ago