My Secret Garden: Women's Sexual Fantasies | Papers & Assignment Topics

Essay Topics/Writing Assignments

These 20 essay questions can be used as essay questions on a test, or as stand-alone essay topics for a take-home or in-class writing assignment. Students should have a full understanding of the text in order to answer these questions. They ask for a thorough analysis of the text.

1. Describe the process in which the author obtained data for her experiment. How did the author react to obtaining the information?

2. What did the author seek to learn? Do you think that she accomplished her goal? Why or why not? Did the author fulfill her duty to the reader?

3. Describe the tone that Nancy Friday uses. How does this affect the reading experience? What does this tell the reader about the author? How is this tone achieved?

4. What are three of the reasons why women fantasize? Give an example of each...
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