Overview
Description
Students planning to write professionally or in advanced academic programs will acquire a deeper understanding of the ‘nuts and bolts’ as well as causes and conditions of writing and communicating successfully. In this course in rhetorical grammar, students will explore the mechanics of writing within the context of the rhetorical situations, theorizing, and choices available to them.
Requirements
Units
Lecture1
Discussion Recitation1
Laboratory Studio1
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall - Even Years
Terms
fall
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- pass a basic examination on U.S. Standard English grammar (including but not limited to the parts of speech, nominalization, verb tense and aspect, modification, and sentence structure and combination), usage, and punctuation.
- describe the relationship of U.S. Standard English grammar to other American dialects and Global Englishes in a way that demonstrates an awareness of the history of English as a colonial enterprise.
- describe the rhetorical effects of particular modulations of English grammar, usage, and punctuation—e.g., passive voice, nominalization, parenthesis.
- in their own writing and speaking, modulate English grammar in order to achieve an intended rhetorical effect.