College English and Composition II
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College English and Composition II Outline
Plagiarism
Understanding How to Avoid Plagiarism and Overview of Rhetoric
- Ethics in Writing
- Rhetoric: What it Means and How to Use It
- Thinking Rhetorically
Five Rhetorical Offices
- Five Offices of Rhetoric
Invention
- Invention
- Definition Strategy
- Using Research
- “The Rhetoric of Research” by Simon Lancaster
- Conducting Research
- Developing a Research Strategy
- PC “cubed”
- Five Tips to Improve Problem-Solving
- Problem-Solving Strategy for Invention
Officer of Rhetoric: Organization
- Organization
- Organizing your Writing
Help with both Invention and Organization: Understand the Audience
- Purpose
- Assignment
- Finding your Audience
- Writing for your Audience
- Analyzing your Audience
More about Audience: The Tools you Have
- Ethos, Logos, and Pathos
Offices of Rhetoric: Delivery, Style, and Memory
- Delivery, Style, and Memory
The Take-Aways from these Readings
- How do these Readings Relate to my Writing
MLA Formatting
- MLA Basics
- MLA Formatting Example
- Video: How to Set Up an MLA Formatted Paper
- Video: How to Set Up a Works Cited Page in MLA Formatting
Writing and Argumentative Research Paper
- Topic Selection
- Preliminary Research
- Evaluating Sources for Credibility
- Organizing, Drafting, and Polishing
- Incorporating Sources
Point of View
- Point of View
- Video: Types of Point of View
- Video: Finding and Fixing Second Person Point of View
Revision
- Revision
- Video: Importance of Revision
- Video: Ways to Approach Revising an Academic Paper
- Video: What to do after Revising
- Video: How Reading Out Loud Helps with Revision
- Video: How Revising and Editing are Different
About the book
College English and Composition II
College English and Composition II is an introductory course in expository writing. It is designed to increase understanding of the demands of academic writing. It emphasizes the writing process, writing with clarity and purpose, developing and organizing ideas effectively, and using the conventions of edited English. Students practice writing expositions and arguments informed by short readings and also enhance their research skills.
About the authors:
Senior Contributing Authors
Mark Branson, Shaw University
