I think that, for my final essay, it would be helpful to add some pictures or examples of things that people find beautiful. For example, I’m featuring Tehya’s interview, which has her aunt talking about her love of the Maine coastline, and I think it would help illustrate the point if I included a picture of it, so that when she describes it, the readers can really see what she’s talking about. I also may include pictures of things that I find beautiful. It also may be helpful to link the articles and podcasts I’ll be talking about in my essay, in addition to citing them formally. I’m not sure if Microsoft Word supports it, but if I could embed the podcasts into the essay and include timestamps for the quotes, I could have my readers listen to the quotes as well as read them. I think that adding these other modes of communicating my point will strengthen my essay.
Great ideas!
You can embed them into your final web page as you “publish” your formal draft.