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R State Standard £ Institutionally Developed College: N/A

ENG 1101 - Composition and Rhetoric
Course Description Explores the analysis of literature and articles about issues in the humanities and in society. Students practice various modes of writing, ranging from exposition to argumentation and persuasion. The course includes a review of standard grammatical and stylistic usage in proofreading and editing. An introduction to library resources lays the foundation for research. Topics include: writing analysis and practice; revision; and research. Students write a research paper using library resources and using a formatting and documentation style appropriate to the purpose and audience.
Competency Areas	Hours
Writing Analysis and Practice	Class	5
Revision	D. Lab	0
Research	P. Lab/O.B.I.	0
	Credit	5

Prerequisite:	Program admission level language competency or ENG 098 and RDG 098.
Corequisite:

Course Guide

Competency	After completing this section, the student will be able to:	Hours
		Class	D.Lab	P.Lab/ O.B.I.
Writing Analysis and Practice		30	0	0
Analysis	Read essays and articles and analyze the methods of development.
Writing	Write essays based on personal experiences, observation, and/or assigned readings.
Revision		10	0	0
Editing	Demonstrate the ability to edit writing to eliminate jargon, choppiness, dullness, and incoherence to produce a smooth, vivid style appropriate to the subject and the audience.
Proofreading	Demonstrate the ability to proofread writing to eliminate sentence structure errors, verb and pronoun errors, punctuation errors, and spelling errors.
Research		10	0	0
Writing and Reference	Locate and use appropriate reference materials for written and oral reports.
Formatting and Documentation style	Produce a research paper while using the appropriate formatting and documentation style.

Suggested Resources

Media Print Audio/Visual Web Other	Note: Please adhere to the APA Formatting and Style Guidelines. Examples: Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher. Duncan, G.J., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (Eds.). (1997). Consequences of growing up poor. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Print:	Bass, R. (2003). Beyond borders: A cultural reader. (2^nd ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
	Bloom, L. (2007).The essay connection. (8^th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
	Dornan, Edward A. & Robert Dees. (2007). Four in one rhetoric, reader, research guide, and handbook. (4^th ed.). New York: Pearson Longman.
	Flachmann, Kim & Michael Flachmann. (2005). The prose reader essays for thinking, reading, and writing. (7^th ed.). Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall.
	PHWORDS. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004.
	Rosa, Alfred & Eschholz, Paul. (2005). The writer’s brief handbook. (5^th ed.) New York: Pearson Longman.
	Trimmer, J. (2005).The riverside reader. (8^th ed.) Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
	Wyrick, J. (2005). Steps to writing well with additional readings. (6^th ed.) Boston: Thomson Wadsworth.

Posted: 09/18/08