{"id":12,"date":"2023-07-20T17:22:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T17:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/troy-shaffer\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-09-22T17:23:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T17:23:27","slug":"my-journey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/troy-shaffer\/my-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"English\/Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As an English major I have done A LOT of writing. Here are some of my favorite things I&#8217;ve written. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is an essay I wrote about growing up in Edwardsville Illinois.<\/p>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/troy-shaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2026\/09\/ESSAYONE490.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">ESSAYONE490<\/a>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is me applying Feminism to one of my favorite TV shows &#8220;Yellowjackets&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/troy-shaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2026\/09\/YellowjacketsEssay.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">YellowjacketsEssay<\/a>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My response to the literary theory of New Criticism.<\/p>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/troy-shaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2026\/09\/NewCritEssay.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">NewCritEssay<\/a>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An argumentative essay about politics.<\/p>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/troy-shaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2026\/09\/ESSAYTHREE490.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">ESSAYTHREE490<\/a>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A look inward after visiting Hawaii for my brother&#8217;s wedding. <\/p>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/troy-shaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2026\/09\/ESSAYFOUR490.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">ESSAYFOUR490<\/a>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An essay admiring one of Audre Lorde&#8217;s poems and fighting for its spot in the class&#8217; syllabus.<\/p>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/troy-shaffer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2026\/09\/Essay2Soderberg.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">Essay2Soderberg<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As an English major I have done A LOT of writing. 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