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ENGWR 300: College Composition

This text emphasizes reading, writing, and critical thinking skills that are essential for successful completion of a four-year college program. Students write a minimum of 6,500 words divided among 6-8 essays, including at least one research paper and one in-class essay.

Humanities
Author
Kelsey Ford
Publisher
Sacramento City College
Source
LibreTexts
Language
EN
Category
English
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Contents· 158 sections
  1. 01: Reading Strategies
  2. 1.01: How to Read Like a Writer
  3. 1.02: Introduction
  4. 1.2.01: Active vs. Passive Reading
  5. 1.2.02: Learning to Read
  6. 1.2.03: Common Reading Systems
  7. 1.2.04: Explore the Reading Lab
  8. 1.03: Previewing
  9. 1.3.01: Activity
  10. 1.3.02: Handouts
  11. 1.04: Annotating
  12. 1.4.01: Creating an Annotation System
  13. 1.4.02: Annotating an Essay or Book
  14. 1.4.03: Annotating a Textbook
  15. 1.4.04: Annotating a Journal Article
  16. 1.4.05: Annotating a Work of Fiction
  17. 1.4.06: How to Read Visual Aids
  18. 1.05: How to Remember More of What You Read (Thomas Frank)
  19. 1.06: Composition as a Write of Passage
  20. 1.07: Paraphrasing
  21. 1.7.01: Activity
  22. 1.7.02: Handouts
  23. 1.08: Summarizing
  24. 1.8.01: Activity 1
  25. 1.8.02: Activity 2
  26. 1.8.03: Activity 3
  27. 1.8.04: Handouts
  28. 1.09: Why Write
  29. 1.9.01: Critical Reading and Writing as Complementary Activities Reading to Write
  30. 1.9.02: Critical Reading and Writing as Complementary Activities Literary Criticism
  31. 1.9.03: Learning to Think Critically Improve Your Writing by Studying Critical Thinking
  32. 1.9.04: Learning to Think Critically The New Colossus
  33. 1.9.05: Learning to Think Critically Mass-Producing Huddled Masses
  34. 1.9.06: Learning to Think Critically Compare Rhetorical Appeals
  35. 02: The Writing Process
  36. 2.01: The PWR (Prewrite Write and Revise) Method
  37. 2.1.01: Introduction to Writing Processes
  38. 2.1.02: Prewriting Plan Your Writing
  39. 2.1.03: Just Write Freewriting Freewrite
  40. 2.1.04: Brainstorming Methods Brainstorming
  41. 2.1.05: Outlines and Blueprints Outlining
  42. 2.1.06: Outlines and Blueprints Create an Outline
  43. 2.1.07: Research Writing as a Process
  44. 2.02: Defining the Rhetorical Situation
  45. 2.2.01: Identifying Your Purpose Purpose
  46. 2.2.02: Identifying Your Medium Consider Your Media
  47. 2.2.03: Research Writing and Argument
  48. 2.2.04: Think Rhetorically
  49. 2.2.05: Identifying Your Audience What to Think About When Writing for a Particular Audience
  50. 2.2.06: Identifying Your Audience Rhetorical Appeals
  51. 2.2.07: Identifying Your Audience Consider Your Audience
  52. 2.2.08: Identifying Your Audience Writing to an Audience
  53. 2.2.09: Identifying Your Purpose Consider Your Purpose
  54. 2.03: Organizing Ideas
  55. 2.3.01: Introduction the Funnel Approach Introductions
  56. 2.3.02: Introduction the Funnel Approach Write an Introduction
  57. 2.3.03: Body the Skeleton of Your Paper Using Paragraphs
  58. 2.3.04: Body the Skeleton of Your Paper Point Illustration Explanation
  59. 2.3.05: Conclusion What is in the Conclusion and What is Not Conclusions
  60. 2.3.06: Conclusion What is in the Conclusion and What is Not Write a Conclusion
  61. 2.04: Structuring Your Essay (SNHU Academic Support Services)
  62. 03: Academic Genres
  63. 3.01: Academic Writing
  64. 3.02: An Overview of Academic Genres
  65. 3.2.01: Personal Narrative In The Moment
  66. 3.2.02: Comparison and Contrast
  67. 3.2.03: Comparison and Contrast Create a Comparison Outline
  68. 3.2.04: Cause and Effect Analysis Causes and Effects
  69. 3.2.05: Cause and Effect Analysis Using Cause and Effect
  70. 3.2.06: Cause and Effect Analysis Create a Causation Outline
  71. 3.2.07: Academic Tone Use Appropriate Academic Language
  72. 3.2.08: Academic Tone Analyze an Article
  73. 3.03: Argument and Thesis
  74. 3.3.01: Argument Requirements
  75. 3.3.02: Creating an Argument Understanding Arguments
  76. 3.3.03: Creating an Argument The Guiding Idea and Argumentative Thesis Statement
  77. 3.3.04: Warrant How Do Your Reasons Support Your Claim Five Essential Parts of an Argument
  78. 3.3.05: Warrant How Do Your Reasons Support Your Claim Create a Warrant
  79. 3.3.06: Qualify Your Claim Argumentation and the Toulmin Method
  80. 3.3.07: Qualify Your Claim Develop a Claim
  81. 04: Research Methods and Documentation
  82. 4.01: Purdue OWL- MLA Formatting - The Basics
  83. 4.02: Integrating Sources
  84. 4.2.01: Evidence
  85. 4.2.02: Annoying Ways People Use Sources
  86. 4.2.03: Evidence Part 2
  87. 4.2.04: Distinguishing Between Main Points and Sub-claims
  88. 4.2.05: Provide Additional Support for This Point
  89. 4.2.06: Evaluating Sources Evaluating Information
  90. 4.2.07: Engaging Strong Counterarguments
  91. 4.03: Why Cite
  92. 4.3.01: Citing Sources- An Overview
  93. 4.3.02: Avoiding Plagiarism
  94. 4.3.03: Avoiding Plagiarism Use Solely Your Own Words to Paraphrase
  95. 4.3.04: Quoting Follow MLA Guidelines for Block Quotations
  96. 4.3.05: Quoting Block Quotations (APA)
  97. 4.3.06: Quoting Short Quotations (APA)
  98. 4.3.07: Paraphrasing and Summarizing When to Quote and When to Paraphrase
  99. 4.3.08: Paraphrasing and Summarizing Mix Quotes with Paraphrasing
  100. 4.04: How to Cite
  101. 4.4.01: Selecting a Citation Style Citation and Documentation
  102. 4.4.02: MLA Citation Formatting In-text Citations (MLA)
  103. 4.4.03: MLA Citation Formatting the Works Cited Page (MLA)
  104. 4.4.04: MLA Citation Format Using MLA
  105. 4.4.05: APA Citation APA Style
  106. 4.4.06: APA Citation Formatting In-Text Citation (APA)
  107. 4.4.07: APA Citation Formatting the References Page (APA)
  108. 4.4.08: APA Citation Reference Page Template (APA)
  109. 4.4.09: Chicago Citation Chicago Style
  110. 4.4.10: Chicago Citation Chicago Notes and Bibliography
  111. 05: The Reader
  112. 5.01: The Danger of a Single Story (Adichie)
  113. 5.02: Education in the (Dis)Information Age (Shaffer)
  114. 5.03: Time Wasnt Always Money- Decolonizing Time in Diaspora (Villasenor)
  115. 5.04: The Story We Tell about Millennials and Who We Leave Out (Allen)
  116. 5.05: How to Save the Middle Class When Jobs Dont Pay (Barnes)
  117. 5.06: Ending the Secrecy of the Student Debt Crisis (Senderowicz)
  118. 5.07: Must the President Be a Moral Leader (Blake)
  119. 5.08: Concerning the Way in Which Princes Should Keep Faith - The Prince Chapter 18 (Machiavelli)
  120. 5.09: The Politics of Fear- How It Manipulates Us to Tribalism (Javanbakht)
  121. 5.10: Hope and Mourning in the Anthropocene- Understanding Ecological Grief (Ellis and Cunsolo)
  122. 5.11: To Seek Common Ground on Lifes Big Questions We Need Science Literacy (Garlick)
  123. 5.12: Getting a Scientific Message Across Means Taking Human Nature into Account (Hendricks)
  124. 5.13: Why Rituals Are Good for Your Health (Honarvar)
  125. 5.14: Why Native Americans Do Not Separate Religion from Science (LaPier)
  126. 5.15: Taking the Native American Narrative Beyond Reservations (Vizcarra)
  127. 5.16: Juneteenth - Freedoms Promise Is Still Denied to Thousands of Blacks Unable to Make Bail (Larson)
  128. 5.17: On Reparations the Question Isnt If but When and How (Warfield)
  129. 5.18: Recent Attempts at Reparations Show that World War II Is Not Over (Webster)
  130. 5.19: How Rural Areas Like Floridas Panhandle Can Become More Hurricane-Ready (Ozguven)
  131. 5.20: California Knew the Carr Wildfire Could Happen. It Failed to Prevent it. (Schneider)
  132. 06: Grammar Sentence Structure and Style
  133. 6.01: Grammar Essentials
  134. 6.02: The Anatomy of a Sentence
  135. 6.2.01: Subjects and Predicates Finding the Subject
  136. 6.2.02: Parsing the Constituents of a Sentence Sentence Construction
  137. 6.2.03: Identifying Fragments and Run-On Sentences Avoid Sentence Fragments
  138. 6.2.04: Identifying Fragments and Run-On Sentences Avoid Run-on Sentences
  139. 6.2.05: Identifying Fragments and Run-On Sentences Fragments and Run-ons
  140. 6.2.06: Subject-Verb Agreement Subject-Verb Agreement
  141. 6.03: Other Sentence-Level Issues
  142. 6.3.01: Misplaced Modifiers Avoid Misplaced Modifiers
  143. 6.3.02: Pronoun-Antecedent Disagreement Subject-Pronoun Agreement
  144. 6.04: Finishing Touches
  145. 6.4.01: Unit Activities Revise Your Unit Essay
  146. 6.4.02: Unit Activities Format Your Unit Essay Using MLA
  147. 6.4.03: Unit Essay Unit Essay
  148. 6.4.04: Academic Writing Style Sentence Patterns
  149. 6.4.05: Academic Writing Style Wordiness and Concision
  150. 6.4.06: Academic Writing Style Parallel Structure
  151. 6.4.07: Active vs. Passive Voice Passive Voice
  152. 6.4.08: Active vs. Passive Voice Avoid Unnecessary to be Verbs
  153. 6.4.09: Word Use What Word Would Be More Appropriate Here
  154. 6.4.10: Reviewing Revising and Editing Drafts Editing
  155. 6.4.11: Word Use Use Language That Is Sensitive to Your Audience
  156. 6.4.12: Reviewing Revising and Editing Drafts Revising Drafts
  157. 6.4.13: Reviewing Revising and Editing Drafts Reorganizing Drafts
  158. 6.4.14: Reviewing Revising and Editing Drafts Read Your Paper Aloud to Check for Cohesiveness