Overview
Description
Students will explore rhetorical processes, emphasizing audience, purpose and occasion of writing. Students will also receive an extensive background in strategies of planning, drafting and revising.
Requirements
Recommended Preparation
- ACT English of 18
- ACT ELA of 18
- SAT ERW of 480
- an AP English exam score of 1-2
- an IB HL English Language A exam score of 1-3
Original catalog text
Recommended Preparation
Recommended Preparation: ACT English of 18 or ACT ELA of 18 or SAT ERW of 480 or an AP English exam score of 1-2 or an IB HL English Language A exam score of 1-3.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer
Terms
fall, spring, summer
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- use reflection and feedback from others to reconsider prior knowledge about writing and construct new knowledge about writing.
- identify features of rhetorical situations (e.g., audience, subject, composer, context, constraints, exigence, genre, and medium).
- create purpose-driven texts that respond to a variety of rhetorical situations and that anticipate and adapt to the needs of different readers.
- apply critical reading practices, such as annotation, analysis, and discussion, to draw on and integrate a variety of sources when composing.
- employ flexible strategies for drafting, reviewing, revising, rewriting, and editing.
- recognize the value of different languages, dialects, and/or registers in engaging with different rhetorical situations.
- use spelling, grammar, style, and punctuation conventions that meet genre- and audience-based expectations.