ENG 151: Rhetoric and Style

English and Communications Winter 2014 MWF 7:45-9:00 Instructor: Nell Novara Email: nell@eastwest.edu Blog: rhetoricandstyle.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. Participation: You will receive a participation grade at midterm and another during finals. If you do not participate in class discussions and work, you will not receive any participation points. Class Blog: I will post ALL assignments and class information on the class blog, which can be found at: rhetoricandstyle.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. .

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, January 13 Wednesday, January 15 Friday, January 17 WEEK TWO Monday, January 20 Wednesday, January 22 Friday, January 24 WEEK THREE Monday, January 27 Wednesday, January 29 Friday, January 31 WEEK FOUR Monday, February 3 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) Read and write summary of Mommas Encounter (467) Read Sound and Fury (464) Narrative Essay DUE Read Fast Track to Perfection (483) NO CLASS- MLK day 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, February 5 Friday, February 7 WEEK FIVE Monday, February 10

Wednesday, February 12

Friday, February 14 WEEK SIX Monday, February 17

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, February 19 Friday, February 21 WEEK SEVEN Monday, February 24 Wednesday, February 26 Friday, February 28 WEEK EIGHT Monday, March 3 Wednesday, March 5 Friday, March 7 WEEK NINE Monday, March 10 Wednesday, March 12 Friday, March 14 WEEK TEN Monday, March 17 Wednesday, March 19 Friday, March 21 WEEK ELEVEN Monday, March 24 Wednesday, March 26

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

Mixing Writing Strategies Final Exam