WR 122 Notes

Week 1

• Code of Conduct
• What Is an Argument?
• Thesis Statement
• Kinds of Composition

 

Week 2

• Appeals/Lines of Argument
• Problem Solving
• P.A.T.
• Organizing Ideas (Project Development)

 

• Research
• How to Interview for Information
• Proper Citation
• MLA Quick Reference

 

Week 4

• Suggestions for Essay Reviews
• The Rule of Ones
• Statements (Claims & Reports)
• Fallacies or Flawed Lines of Argument
• Formatting Text

Week 5

• Connecting Ideas
• Movement in the Essay
• Outlining
• Using Visuals

Week 6

• Editing and Revising (Content and Structure)
• Appeals/Lines of Argument
• "I Have a Dream" (Martin Luther King Jr.)

Week 7

• Editing for Style (Major Strategies)
• Editing for Style (Roadblocks)
• Editing and Revising (Sentence Revision)

Week 8

Week 9

• Avoiding Weak Arguments
• Avoiding Debatable Supports
• Avoiding Thesis Problems

Week 10

• The Hook