$79
Plus membership
3 Credits
All courses include:
eTextbooks
2 to 3-day turnaround for grading
Multiple chances to improve your grade
On-demand tutoring & writing center
Student support 7 days a week
$79
Plus membership
3 Credits
All courses include:
eTextbooks
2 to 3-day turnaround for grading
Multiple chances to improve your grade
On-demand tutoring & writing center
Student support 7 days a week
English Composition I
$79
Plus membership
3 Credits
About This Course
ACE Approved 2022
English Composition I helps you develop transferable writing skills by exploring the steps involved in the writing process through various rhetorical modes: narration, persuasion, compare/contrast, and argument.
What You'll Learn
State a purpose and stick with it--providing appropriate evidence and details as needed by the genre, purpose, style and audience.
Organize an essay into a well written introduction, body, and conclusion.
Identify and compose the following types of writing: narrative, description, definition, and persuasive.
Consider the rhetorical nuances of writing and how these considerations play out in writing: audience, form, purpose and style.
Understand and explore the rhetorical purposes and best case scenarios for summarizing, paraphrasing and/or utilizing direct quotations.
Curate appropriate primary and secondary sources in order to develop an understanding of a chosen issue and to define an idea and persuade a reader.
Analyze and evaluate the validity of the various kinds of reading materials.
Explore and analyze both reader and professional writings, as they relate to course topics and assignments.
Develop a clear and precise vocabulary about what works and what needs to work in a particular piece of writing by participating in critical reading review.
Give credit to sources when credit is due using the Modern Language Association’s (MLA’s) format and style guide.
Successfully revise and proofread all aspects of an essay.
Throughout all stages of the writing process, demonstrate control over language: grammar, mechanics and tone.
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Lessons in this online course highlight the importance of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling, and explain effective research techniques, editing, and revision. English Composition I helps you develop the quality writing skills necessary for success in college and your future career.
There are no prerequisites to take English Composition I.
Topic | Subtopics |
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Writing Assignment 1 - The Personal Narrative |
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Writing Assignment 2 - The Persuasive Letter |
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Writing Assignment 3 - The Compare/Contrast Essay |
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Writing Assignment 4 - The Argumentative Essay |
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Your score provides a percentage score and letter grade for each course. A passing percentage is 70% or higher.
Assignments for this course include:
- 4 Graded Exams
- 4 Writing Assignments
The required eTextbook for this course is included with your course purchase at no additional cost.
About Writing: A Guide by Robin Jeffrey https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/aboutwriting Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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