ENGL 1100 Writing I

What Will We Learn?

At the end of this course, successful students will be able to:

Rhetoric:

1. Understand the purposes of writing within specific and varied discursive communities

2. Develop means of persuasion with an awareness of audience

3. Recognize figures of speech and logical fallacies

Argumentation:

4. Identify and construct an argumentative thesis

5. Write essays that employ logical structures and transitions

6. Synthesize figures of speech and logical fallacies

Uses of Evidence:

7. Locate, evaluate, and select sources

8. Summarize and critique materials

9. Paraphrase and integrate materials

10. Cite texts properly

Process-Oriented Writing:

11. Build an essay in stages (from pre-writing and invention to drafting)

12. Practice the revision process

13. Differentiate between global and topical revision

14. Utilize the classroom as a workshop

Academic Community:

15. Make appropriate choice of tone, grammar, and format according to situation and convention

16. Acknowledge the standards and modes of academic integrity