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Portfolio of Michael Alexander Fosnaugh

Writing Samples


Queer Identities in the Classroom: The Relationship Between Heteronormativity and Queer Literature
This research paper was written for my advanced composition class in the fall of 2025. I spent about half of the semester drafting and revising it.
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Recommendations for Using Psychoanalysis When Analyzing Characters
This is a paper that was written for my Rhetoric and Persuasion class in the fall of 2025. It discusses the idea of using psychoanalysis to diagnose characters. I spent the entire semester drafting and revising this paper.
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I Hope Death is Kind
I hope death is kind I hope that his embrace Is gentle Soft, pure Like how if feels when your hand brushes my skin I hope death will carry me Into the great unknown Like I'm a gift That his eyes look down on me Like I'm the greatest thing in the world I hope when he picks me up I can only think of you Your sweet embrace The way your hand would squeeze me if I dared tried to leave I hope he cradles my soul Like a precious gem And that he whispers sweet words Noth
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