Description
•Forms of Writing II
This course further develops skills introduced in Forms of Writing I, with more advanced expectations and more complex exercises. Different approaches to writing are explored through the reading and composing of literary analysis, persuasive essay, memoir, critical review, and a short research paper. Critical study includes the analysis of poetics, modes of writing organization, academic writing, literary style, the short story, and research strategies. Special attention is paid to close textual reading and analysis, peer review and editing. Through the use of rhetorical analysis students become versed in a variety of writing modes. Throughout the course of the semester, attention is paid to sentence style and variety. Guidelines for the correct attribution and citation of primary and secondary sources when performing research are explained and reviewed. Pre-writing exercises help students to generate writing material, both creative and rhetorical. Captions and ot