ENG 151: Rhetoric and Style

English and Communications Fall 2013 MWF 7:45-9:00 Instructor: Nell Novara Email: @eastwest.edu Blog: ENG151Fall2013.wordpress.com Required Text: Reinking and Osten. Strategies for Successful Writing: A Rhetoric, Research Guide, Reader, and Handbook. 10th Ed. Course Description: Rhetoric and Style is a course designed to help you develop skills in writing and critical thinking that will help guide you towards more effective written communication in your chosen field. You will be introduced to the various forms and conventions of essay writing through producing expressive, expository, and persuasive essays while exploring all stages of the writing process, from brainstorming to revision. You will work on improving and developing skills in thinking clearly, reading carefully, and writing effectively. Goal: By the end of this course, students should be able to identify and analyze rhetorical strategies, write coherent and correct papers of a variety of types, and use standard MLA citation correctly. Course Objectives: At the end of this course students should be able to: Demonstrate a college vocabulary Discover a main idea Show the relation between the main idea and supporting evidence Abstract the logic upon which an argument is based Detect logical fallacies Evaluate the relevance of examples Discover paragraph and essay patterns Recognize and evaluate figurative language Distinguish different tones

--As measured by response essays and class discussion Organize an essay around a thesis Develop supporting evidence in logical paragraphs Use transitions Use vocabulary appropriate to audience and purpose Vary sentence pattern and length appropriately Construct sentences grammatically Employ the conventions of Standard English Use MLA citation correctly and where appropriate

--As measured by five essays Grade Scale: 90-100% 80-89% 70-79% 60-69% 0-60% A B C D F

Course Rules: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Any reading or assignment should be completed for the day it is listed NO LATE WORK will be accepted. Unannounced, or pop quizzes will be given in class over a variety of topics No extra credit will be given There will be time allotted in class to work on assignments and essays Students will be required to review classmates essays during the quarter NO personal electronic devices are to be used during class time. I highly doubt that anything on Facebook will be relevant to our discussions 8. Any attempts at plagiarism will not be tolerated. If you have questions about what constitutes plagiarism, please come and talk to me Attendance: Students are expected to attend each class meeting and arrive on time. Students who arrive 15 minutes late will be marked tardy, and two (2) tardies will be considered one absence. Students who arrive half an hour to an hour late will be marked absent. Final grades will drop by one letter grade if a student is absent four (4) or more times during the quarter. Class Blog: I will post ALL assignments and class information on the class blog, which can be found at: ENG151Fall2013.wordpress.com. It is extremely important that you check the blog often, as the assignment calendar will most likely change a bit as the course progresses. Assignments and documents will often be accompanied by photos and videos that I find interesting/funny, so please enjoy yourself.

Course Calendar
**All readings are DUE on the day listed. Also note that this schedule is likely to change, so make sure to be checking the blog!** WEEK ONE Monday, September 30 Wednesday, October 2 Friday, October 4 WEEK TWO Monday, October 7 Wednesday, October 9 Friday, October 11 WEEK THREE Monday, October 14 Read and write summary of Mommas Encounter (467) Present thesis statements Read Sound and Fury (464) Narrative Essay DUE Read Fast Track to Perfection (483) Read Chapter 8 Read The Perfect Picture (462) Begin generating ideas for Narrative Essay (3-5 pages, double spaced) Class Introduction Read Chapter 1- 2-9 Read Chapter 3- 35-47

Wednesday, October 16 Friday, October 18

WEEK FOUR Monday, October 21 Read Lets Get Vertical (490) Begin work on Process Analysis Essay (3-5 pages) Continue work on Process Analysis Essay Read Can Generation Xers be Trained? (493) Intro to Comparison Process Analysis Paper DUE Read Art Form for the Digital Age (534) Comparison Essay work (4-6 pages)

Wednesday, October 23 Friday, October 25 WEEK FIVE Monday, October 28

Wednesday, October 30

Friday, November 1 WEEK SIX Monday, November 4

Read Invasion of the Bodybuilders (527)

Comparison Essay DUE Read Why We Flirt (553) Read The Science of Why We Dont Believe Science (546) Cause and Effect Essay Work (4-6 pages)

Wednesday, November 6 Friday, November 8 WEEK SEVEN Monday, November 11 Wednesday, November 13 Friday, November 15 WEEK EIGHT Monday, November 18 Wednesday, November 20 Friday, November 22 WEEK NINE Monday, November 25 Wednesday, November 27 Friday, November 29 WEEK TEN Monday, December 2

Cause and Effect Essay DUE Ad presentations Read A Carefully Crafted Immigration Law in Arizona (584) Read Immigration Policy Gone Loco (586) Debate/Intro to Argument Read I Have a Dream (588) Reading TBD

Argumentative Essay thesis presentation (5-7 pages) Argumentative Essay NO CLASS- HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Argumentative Essay Draft DUE Peer Review Revision work Argumentative Essay Final DUE

Wednesday, December 4 Friday, December 6 WEEK ELEVEN Monday, December 9 Wednesday, December 11

Mixing Writing Strategies Final/Course Evaluation