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ENG 201: English Building on rhetorical skills developed in ENG 101, students will analyze, interpret, and Composition and Reading synthesize diverse texts in order to construct well -supported academic arguments and ll literary analyses, Emphasizing critical thinking, this course uses literature to develop reading and writing skills beyond the level achieved in ENG 101. This course presents the principles of expository writing and rhetorical style through coordinated reading and writing assignments, As such, students will practice how to synthesize multiple texts from a variety of sources to present and support a written argument and/or report. Various expository writing techniques, such as argumentation, description, and narration are further discussed. Topics include the skills and procedures for conducting research and the writing of a well -organized and well -developed report. Classroom instruction integrates one-on-one writing conference between teacher and student for individualized attention, needs assessment, and monitored progress. Topics include: • Evaluation of the validity of premises and conclusions; terms, structure, and components of formal argument and reasoning (such as inductive/deductive) • Formal and informal fallacies of thought, identification of premises and the conclusions drawn from these premises, identification of various types of evidence, and the evaluation of the validity of the use of evidence in a piece of writing or other persuasive rhetoric. • Basic concepts for and terminology of literary analysis and distinctive features and differences between individual literary genres, which must include 1. Poetry 2. Prose fiction 3. Drama Non-fiction prose (sophisticated texts, commonly associated with great works of literature and/or great ideas and often included in many literary anthologies) can also be included. • How to employ patterns of thought that develop and substantiate an argument about or an interpretation of literary works (e,g., use comparison/ contrast to persuade, not simply to observe, inductive/deductive patterns of reasoning in forming judgments) • How to clearly define crucial terms in order to clarify the issues at stake in an interpretation of or an argument about literary works; how to select, to effectively integrate, and to cite textual evidence from literary and outside sources to support premises • How to discuss such evidence by providing a warrant for a premise—e.g., the quotation alone does not constitute evidence; the reasoning that follows is what makes it evidence; how to incorporate and to respond to arguments in literary analysis and interpretation in presenting one's own Interpretations • How to test alternative hypotheses or explanations and to consider alternative sources of evidence or points of view in presenting interpretations of or arguments about literary works • Writing Conferences: 18 hours of individualized writing assignments/practice in the class with one-on-one conferences with the instructor. Prerequisite: GE ENG 101 50 Hours Lecture 5.0 Quarter Credits Last Revision Date on April 4, 2023