Description
This course introduces students to the essay genres of reflecting,reporting, explaining, and arguing.This involves the writing of several genres of academic essay, including the production of four out-of-class essays, following the process approach to essay construction. The expository and argumentative essays are sourced from a course reader. At least two additional essays are written in class on topics not announced in advance. Additional exercises deemed important for students to learn fluent and accurate writing are assigned from a course rhetoric/grammar text and other supplementary material, and a semester-long project of keeping of a writer's journal may be part of the instruction.