Languages homework help. PROMPT:Choose an existing essay, and then write a cover version of it. ELABORATION:The main idea here is to do the same thing with an existing essay that a musician does when she covers an original song. That is, make it relevant for a new situation. First, be careful which essay you choose. In selecting, be conscious of who made the argument, when they made it, whom they made it to, and what their purpose was. DONT just choose by an arguments title. Also, be careful how you identify what the actual argument of the essay is (this can be trickier than you think.) Second, be thoughtful in re-imagining what the argument should look like, given that, now, youre the author, the times are possibly different, and you have a different audience and purpose from the original argument. Take these things into consideration as you write, and make choices in the writing that reflect that awareness. Heres an example: imagine youve chosen Judy Bradys I Want a Wife, written in 1971 for the first issue of Ms. magazine, read by American women, in a time when womens issues did not get covered by mainstream media. Youre not married as Brady was, so maybe it doesnt make sense to rail against marriage inequality with the same personal passion she does. If youre not a woman, your way of discussing womens issues needs to account for that fact. Your audience is different (youre not writing for Ms.), so there are different expectations readers would have for you. The times are different, so this might need to factor into how you make the claim now, versus how it was made then (i.e., what wouldve been shocking to people in 1971 wouldnt be shocking now). Maybe you dont fancy yourself a journalist like Brady, and so you choose not to deliver the writing as magazine article, but rather in some other form (an editorial on a webpage, perhaps? A rant on a YouTube post? A personal blogpost?). Hopefully, this gives you an idea of the kinds of decisions youll make. Essentially, youll need to do these things: (1) take an essay from another time, made by another person, for a different audience; (2) identify the central argument; (3) write something, from your own POV, in 2018, to an audience you choose, in a format you choose, that speaks to this time and place in a way thats both true to the original argument, and also true to your personality as a writer.