“I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all.” ~Richard Wright, American Hunger, 1977 Don't forget to look at our ENG 101 Documents page to find important handouts and power points!
Need to study for the Fall Vocabulary Post Test? Check out our Flashcard Machine!
You can start a "study session" that will allow you to work with the vocabulary flash cards!
You can also "quiz me" and you will be given a quiz over all the vocabulary words! The quiz options are randomly set, so if you practice again and again you will see what you really know!
Some of the basics
TTAPP Purpose: (Name your pattern of development!) Audience: Tone: (emotional state) Point of View: 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person AND who you decide to be as you write! Thesis: *Need some help choosing a tone? Check out some of the descriptors below:
Writing Mentor
For your writing mentor you will want to choose a non-fiction writer! You may want to peruse the following websites:
New York Times Bestsellers: Paperback Nonfiction
New York Times Bestsellers: Hardcover Nonfiction
Below you will find lists of some of the more popular writer! Be sure you explore some of the writers online. You will be working with your writer throughout the semester – so be sure his/her subject matter and style interests you! Don’t forget you can also come in and go through the green binders to get more ideas!
You can certainly find someone on your own! Just be sure that once you locate your writer you will want to be able to find three different pieces of writing by him or her!
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