You can also expect me to be fair, open-minded. and accessible.
 

What can I expect to learn from this class?

The objective  of first-year Rhetoric is to develop your ability to examine a problem, that is, a point of controversy. from a variety of positions, to establish your position within a given controversy, and from this position. to propose, and persuade your audience to accept, your tentative solution to the problem. In short, you will develop your skills in written (and sometimes oral) argument.

Among other things, you will learn to compose better sentences, paragraphs, and papers. Although this is not a grammar course, we will work on any mechanical frustrations you experience. I will mark my concerns on ~ our writing and in private conferences discuss new writing strategies. I will also recommend that you seek help from the writing center for any serious frustrations with your mechanical writing skills.

More importantly. you will learn how to produce a scholarly argument. You will learn about various theories of argument and ~ ill have opportunity to apply these theories to your reading and writing. You will learn to "read between the lines" in other people's arguments as well as your own. You wilt learn to discuss controversial subjects. orally and in writing, and in a mature, intelligent manner, with individuals who see things quite differently than you. You may even learn to persuade them to accept your position.

Most importantly, you will learn to see yourself as an expert in something someone who has something to teach both her fellow students and her instructor. I am in this class to learn, too.
 

Beth Jorgensen

 

Overview:

Welcome to English 105. In English 105, you will learn how to acquire better writing skills through reading, discussing, and writing about rhetoric and argumentation. Many students ask the fundamental question, "Why am I taking English 105, and how will English 105 be helpful in my future?" Good question. English 105 offers skills that students can use throughout their entire academic, professional, and personal careers. In this class, we will read about and discuss provocative issues and explore the ways writers approach various purposes and audiences in their texts. You will have opportunities to shape your own responses to ideas and to generate writing projects of your own.

     The class will operate in a writing work-shop style, relying heavily upon conversation, in class writing, respectful exchange of ideas, peer evaluation of writing in process, and group activities designed to facilitate the generation of topics and research materials.
 

Taiyon Coleman

 
 

General Purpose:

Welcome to English 105! The primary goal of this course is to improve your writing skills in the two most intense forms of rhetoric: argument and persuasion. A full understanding of these forms will prepare you to participate in all other areas of our academic university, as well as future careers. This course will enable you (1) to improve your critical thinking and reading skills by summarizing texts and by analyzing and evaluating the appropriateness of texts for particular audiences, and (2) to improve your written communication skills by constructing persuasive texts and using sources to support the arguments in these texts. For further details about goals please see the Student's Guide to English 104-105 p.3-S.

 

Matthew Wilemski