ENG 101 Notes

Week 1

• Code of Conduct
• What Is an Argument?
• Thesis Statement
• P.A.T.

 

Week 2

• Kinds of Composition
• Appeals/Lines of Argument
• Problem Solving
• Organizing Ideas (Project Development)

 

• Research
• How to Interview for Information
• Ethics
• Statements (Claims & Reports)

 

Week 4

• Suggestions for Essay Reviews
• Proper Citation
• MLA Quick Reference
• "Bill O'Reilly uses a variety of media formats."

Week 5

• Formatting Text
• Using Visuals
• Connecting Ideas
• Outlining

Week 6

• The Rule of Ones
• Movement in the Essay
• Editing and Revising (Content and Structure)
• Editing for Style (Major Strategies)
• Editing for Style (Roadblocks)

Week 7

• Appeals/Lines of Argument
• Fallacies or Flawed Lines of Argument
• "I Have a Dream" (Martin Luther King Jr.)

Week 8

• Editing and Revising (Sentence Revision)

Week 9

• Avoiding Weak Arguments
• Avoiding Debatable Supports

Week 10

• Avoiding Thesis Problems
• The Hook