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English 121- Composition 1

This text emphasizes the planning, writing, and revising of compositions, including the development of critical and logical thinking skills. This course includes a wide variety of compositions that stress analytical, evaluative, and persuasive/argumentative writing.

Humanities

Tác giả: Susan Stafinbil
Nhà xuất bản: Arapahoe Community College
Nguồn: LibreTexts
Ngôn ngữ: EN
Danh mục: Tiếng Anh

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1: Really Writing Again (Guptill)
1.1: Yes. Writing. Again.
1.2: The Origins of Higher Education
1.3: College Writing is Different
1.4: So What Do Professors Want
1.5: Exercises
02: What Does the Professor Want Understanding the Assignment (Guptill)
2.1: Writing for Whom Writing for What
2.2: The Prompt: What Does Analyze Mean Anyway
2.3: Rubrics as Road Maps
2.4: Whats Critical About Critical Thinking
2.5: Exercises
03: Critical Reading (Boylan et al)
3.1: What Expectations Should You Have
3.2: What is Critical Reading
3.3: Why Do You Read Critically
3.4: How Do You Read Critically
3.5: Now What
04: The Writing Process (Boylan et al)
4.1: What is the Writing Process
4.2: What is Prewriting
4.3: What is a Thesis Statement
4.4: How to Organize and Arrange
4.5: How to Write a Rough Draft
4.6: What is Revising
4.7: What is Done During Editing Proofreading and Formatting
4.8: What are Other Types of Academic Writing
05: Rhetorical Analysis (Boylan et al)
5.1: What is Rhetorical Analysis
5.2: What is Rhetorical Situation
5.3: What are the Basic Elements of Rhetorical Analysis
5.4: Striking a Balance
06: Argument (Boylan et al)
6.1: What is Argument
6.2: What are the Components and Vocabulary of Argument
6.3: What is Logic
6.4: What are the Different Types of Argument in Writing
6.5: A Repository of Logical Fallacies
07: Constructing the Thesis and ArgumentFrom the Ground Up (Guptill)
7.1: Moving Beyond the Five-paragraph Theme
7.2: The Three-story Thesis: From the Ground Up
7.3: Three-story Theses and the Organically Structured Argument
7.4: Exercises
08: Rhetorical Modes (Boylan et al)
8.1: Narrative
8.2: Description
8.3: Process Analysis
8.4: Illustration and Exemplification
8.5: Cause and Effect
8.6: Compare and Contrast
8.7: Definition
8.8: Classification
09: Secondary Sources in Their Natural Habitats (Guptill)
9.1: Ah the Research Paper
9.2: Some Sources are Better than Others
9.3: Origins and Anatomy of a Journal Article
9.4: Finding Tier 1 Sources: Article Databases
9.5: Library Research as Problem-solving
9.6: Exercises
10: Finding and Using Outside Sources (Boylan et al)
10.1: What are the Different Types of Sources
10.2: What Makes a Source Scholarly or Academic
10.3: How Can I Create a Research Strategy
10.4: Where can I find Credible Sources for my Paper
11: Listening to Sources Talking to Sources (Guptill)
11.1: Theses and Sources
11.2: Incorporating Sources
11.3: Principles
11.4: Exercises
12: How and Why to Cite (Boylan et al)
12.1: An Overview of Quotations
12.2: An Overview of Paraphrases
12.3: How to Use Paraphrases and Quotations
12.4: Citations and Plagiarism
13: MLA APA CMS (Jeffrey)
13.1: What is MLA APA and CMS
13.2: MLA Signal Phrases
13.3: MLA Citation Examples
13.4: APA Signal Phrases
13.5: APA Citation Examples
13.6: CMS Signal Phrases
14: Back to Basics - The Perfect Paragraph (Guptill)
14.1: Paragraphs
14.2: Key Sentences (a.k.a. Topic Sentences)
14.3: Cohesion and Coherence
14.4: The Wind-up
14.5: Exercises
15: Intros and Outros (Guptill)
15.1: In Todays World
15.2: In Conclusion
15.3: Form and Function
15.4: Exercises
16: Clarity and Concision (Guptill)
16.1: Writing Like You Drive
16.2: Revising for Clarity: Who Did What to Whom
16.3: Concision and Grace
16.4: Reading with Concision and Grace in Mind
16.5: Grace
16.6: Exercises
17: Writing Basics - What Makes a Good Sentence (Boylan et al)
17.1: Sentence Writing
17.2: Subject-verb Agreement
17.3: Verb Tense
17.4: Capitalization
17.5: Pronouns
17.6: Adjectives and Adverbs
17.7: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
18: Working With Words - Which Word is Right (Boylan et al)
18.1: Commonly Confused Words
18.2: Spelling
18.3: Word choice
18.4: Prefixes and Suffixes
18.5: Synonyms and Antonyms
18.6: Using Context Clues
19: Getting the Mechanics Right (Guptill)
19.1: Correctness in Writing
19.2: Elements of Punctuation and Language You Must Master
19.3: The Dilemma of Gendered Language in English
19.4: Exercises
20: Punctuation (Boylan et al)
20.1: Commas
20.2: Semicolons
20.3: Colons
20.4: Quotes
20.5: Apostrophes
20.6: Parentheses
20.7: Dashes
20.8: Hyphens