ENGL 1022 - Composition II

1. Review of the writing process
2. Critical reading of literature and other texts
   1. Understanding texts
   2. Analyzing and interpreting texts
   3. Distinguishing primary text from secondary commentary
   4. Conducting research for secondary source material
   5. Evaluating secondary source material
3. Academic discourse
   1. Reviewing basic rhetoric
   2. The role of academic scholarship
   3. Developing sustained academic compositions
   4. Responding thoughtfully and respectfully to the ideas of others
   5. Writing about a primary text
      1. Developing a thesis
      2. Using supporting evidence effectively through accurate summary, paraphrase, and quotation
      3. Coherence and organization
      4. Documentation: MLA, APA, or other professionally-recognized styles as appropriate
   6. Writing with secondary sources
      1. Developing a thesis
      2. Using supporting evidence effectively through accurate summary, paraphrase, and quotation
      3. Coherence and organization
      4. Documentation: MLA, APA, or other professionally-recognized styles as appropriate
4. Constructive critique
   1. Providing written and/or oral responses to others’ writing
   2. Revising based on feedback

1. demonstrate critical reading of texts through writing.
2. locate and evaluate primary and secondary sources.
3. incorporate primary and secondary sources in essays accurately and effectively.
4. document sources correctly.
5. write sustained interpretive, analytical, and researched essays based on literature and other texts.

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