AI Use Cases for English and Creative Writing at HWS

I'm an English and Creative Writing student at HWS. My task: Define literary terms — Explain metonymy, free indirect discourse, or iambic pentameter with clear examples.

Define each term in one clear sentence, then give a concrete example of each in context. Once I've read them, quiz me on them one at a time and tell me what I got wrong and why.

I'm an English and Creative Writing student at HWS. My task: Summarize a dense novel chapter — Condense assigned Faulkner or Woolf reading into a plot recap.

Give me (1) a three-sentence summary, (2) five bullet-point key claims, and (3) anything the author asserts without supporting evidence. Text below:

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I'm an English and Creative Writing student at HWS. My task: Brainstorm short story premises — Generate genre prompts, character wants, and inciting incidents for drafting.

Give me 10 options grouped into 3 themes, then mark the 3 most original and explain what makes them stronger.

I'm an English and Creative Writing student at HWS. My task: Draft an email to a professor — Request a deadline extension on a portfolio submission politely.

Keep it under 150 words: polite, specific, with one clear ask. Give me two versions — one formal, one warmer. Don't include real names, ID numbers, or anything private.

I'm an English and Creative Writing student at HWS. My task: Explain a poem's meaning — Unpack imagery and tone in a Keats ode line by line.

Start with a one-sentence definition, then explain it as if I'm 10, then give a real-world analogy. Finish by flagging anything scholars genuinely disagree about — and tell me what you're unsure of.

I'm an English and Creative Writing student at HWS. My task: Generate seminar questions on theme and narrative voice — Open-ended prompts that spark disagreement rather than yes/no answers.

Walk me through how to do this step by step. Ask me any clarifying questions first, and show your reasoning so I can check it.

I'm an English and Creative Writing student at HWS. My task: Suggest synonyms and word choice — Offer stronger verbs and precise diction for a flat sentence.

Give me 10 options grouped into 3 themes, then mark the 3 most original and explain what makes them stronger.

I'm an English and Creative Writing student at HWS. My task: Outline a five-paragraph essay — Structure a thesis and topic sentences for a literary argument.

Give a topic-sentence outline only — not full prose. For each section, state the argument it makes and the evidence it would need.

I'm an English and Creative Writing student at HWS. My task: Explain a critical theory basics — Summarize deconstruction or reader-response theory in plain language.

Start with a one-sentence definition, then explain it as if I'm 10, then give a real-world analogy. Finish by flagging anything scholars genuinely disagree about — and tell me what you're unsure of.

I'm an English and Creative Writing student at HWS. My task: Brainstorm poem titles and forms — Match structure to mood across villanelle, sonnet, and free verse.

Give me 10 options grouped into 3 themes, then mark the 3 most original and explain what makes them stronger.

I'm an English and Creative Writing student at HWS. My task: Compare two authors' styles — Analyze diction, syntax, and imagery across Hemingway and James passages.

Give me a table of the key similarities and differences, then one short paragraph on which difference matters most and why.

I'm an English and Creative Writing student at HWS. My task: Build an argument map for a postcolonial research paper — Synthesize sources on postcolonial themes into an annotated argument map.

Group the sources below into themes, show where they agree and disagree, and name the gap that's left. Do not invent sources.

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I'm an English and Creative Writing student at HWS. My task: Line-edit a workshop draft — Get targeted feedback on pacing, rhythm, and dialogue in a scene.

Act as a strict professor grading this. Score it against a rubric (argument, evidence, structure, style), give a letter grade, and list the 3 highest-impact fixes. Be blunt. Draft below:

[PASTE YOUR DRAFT HERE]

I'm an English and Creative Writing student at HWS. My task: Trace a motif across a novel — Compile and interpret recurring water imagery with chapter citations to verify.

Define each term in one clear sentence, then give a concrete example of each in context. Once I've read them, quiz me on them one at a time and tell me what I got wrong and why.

I'm an English and Creative Writing student at HWS. My task: Plan a linked story collection — Develop connective threads, recurring characters, and thematic arc across pieces.

Break this into phases with milestones, working backwards from [DUE DATE]. Include the top 3 risks and how I'd mitigate each.

I'm an English and Creative Writing student at HWS. My task: Synthesize secondary criticism — Combine multiple scholarly readings of a text into a coherent literature review.

Group the sources below into themes, show where they agree and disagree, and name the gap that's left. Do not invent sources.

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I'm an English and Creative Writing student at HWS. My task: Build a custom writing-feedback GPT — Configure a GPT trained on your style guide and workshop rubric.

Draft the name, description, instructions and 4 conversation starters for this Custom GPT. The instructions should tell it to ask clarifying questions and to admit when it doesn't know.

I'm an English and Creative Writing student at HWS. My task: Run computational stylometry analysis — Write Python to measure sentence length and lexical diversity across authors.

Tell me what's wrong, explain why it happens, then give the corrected version. Walk through the fixed code line by line with a concrete input.

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I'm an English and Creative Writing student at HWS. My task: Design a corpus text-mining study — Plan topic modeling of a genre corpus with verification of outputs.

Propose a research question, hypotheses, method, sample and sampling strategy, and the analysis plan. Then critique the weaknesses of your own design.

I'm an English and Creative Writing student at HWS. My task: Debug NotebookLM source synthesis — Ingest a scholarly PDF set, then verify AI citations against originals.

Answer using only the sources I upload, and cite which source each claim comes from. If my sources don't answer the question, say so instead of guessing.