Geometry.Net - Basic_E: Essay Composition

Essay/Report/Thesis/Composition Writing
Englishprewriting Use your notes to create a web or outline for your essay, orhighlight your notes and number the items in a logical order for a report.
http://www.nsd.wednet.edu/8web0102/ir.htm
Composition Program::English::CAHSS::HSU
the midterm, your instructor may recommend that you submit an essay to the portfolio and will have satisfied the General Education requirement in composition.
http://www.humboldt.edu/~english/composition.html

Extractions: ENGLISH CAHSS HSU Introduction General information about the lower division, general education composition requirement at Humboldt State University. The Portfolio A letter from David Stacey, Director of Composition, introducing the portfolio portion of the general education composition requirement. Scoring Guide A holistic scoring guide used by portfolio readers to assess portfolio submissions at midsemester and at semester's end. E Portfolios A list of authors of Excellent Portfolio submissions during past semesters. Program Courses Program Instructors Writing Resources Teaching Resources Coming soon. Credit granting composition courses at Humboldt State University include: Specifically, our department is committed to teaching writing as a process. We focus our work on assignments, which encourage fluency, multiple drafting, careful revision, editing and, eventually, polished essays presented in a portfolio for final evaluation. You will be asked to compile two portfolios during English 100/100I or 200. The first, your Working Portfolio, should include all the drafts, revisions, and readers' responses produced throughout the semester. This portfolio will serve as a record of your work for your individual instructor, and it could be requested at the end of the semester as a supporting document in determining your course grade.
Composition 102 Handouts - Eastern Kentucky University
Does the essay have a pleasing appearance in MLA style? Back to the Composition102 Index Back to the English Department Page URL http//www.english.eku.edu
http://www.english.eku.edu/SERVICES/COMP102/HAND13.HTM

Extractions: A Checklist for University Level Essays by George Brosi Does the essay have one overall main idea or thesis? Is that thesis interesting, useful, creative and stimulating? Does the essay have a clear and worth-while purpose? Does the introductory paragraph entice the reader to continue reading? Is the writer mindful of the audience in a meaningful way? Is the thesis of the essay presented in the introduction in a compelling way? Does the writer effectively tap into a personal voice that speaks to the reader? Does the introduction give all readers a clear picture of what is being discussed: who? what? where? when? Does each paragraph which follows the introduction make one clear point in support of the thesis using concrete illustrations which the reader can sense in several ways? Are these paragraphs nicely filled out so they take up one-third to one-half a page? Does the conclusion paragraph summarize the points made in each paragraph so that the reader finishes with a clear sense of what has been achieved? Is the tone of the paper accessible to the reader, avoiding the self-centeredness of the first person, the patronizing air of the second person and the abstractness of the "one" word?
K-State's Expository Writing Program: Honors Composition I And II Examinations
For these reasons the composition Program offers the Diagnostic essay Examinationas an additional way for students to enter Honors composition.
http://www.ksu.edu/english/programs/expos/diag.html
Undergraduate Studies In English: Essay Award Competitions
Honors composition essay Prizes are awarded for student essays writtenfor Honors composition I and II during the preceding calendar year.
http://www.ksu.edu/english/programs/engawards.html

Extractions: Undergraduate Studies in English Courses Programs Graduate Studies Undergraduate Studies ... Site Map Expository Program Essay Awards are given for essays written in English Expository Writing I and II during the award's academic year and may be submitted by a student's instructor for consideration. Nominated essays should bear the name of the instructor in whose class the paper was written, as well as the name of the student. The instructor's comments should be deleted from the entry. The first prize winner will receive a cash award of $50; second prize winner will receive $25. Additional essays may be singled out for commendation. Honors Composition Essay Prizes are awarded for student essays written for Honors Composition I and II during the preceding calendar year. Essays may be submitted by their authors. The first prize winner will receive a cash award of $50; second prize winner will receive $25. The Touchstone Undergraduate Creative Writing Award s are nominated by the editors of Touchstone for the best short fiction and group of poems submitted by KSU undergraduates. Any KSU undergraduate student may submit up to thirty pages of fiction and/or up to ten pages of poetry. Previous first place winners are ineligible. The first prize winner in each category will receive a cash award of $50.
Freshman Composition Assignments
While teaching English 114 Exposition, a freshman composition class at CaliforniaPolytechnic State University, I used the following essay assignments.
http://members.tripod.com/~ElizBrunner/Teach/CompAssignments.html

Extractions: Compiled by Elizabeth Brunner While teaching English 114: Exposition, a freshman composition class at California Polytechnic State University, I used the following essay assignments. Feel free to adapt for your own college classroom, but I appreciate source credit and email notification when any of my material is used. ESSAY ONE: "EDUCATIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY" Goal : To use description or narration to explore an aspect of your personal history as a writer or as a student. To concentrate on polishing and revising a short essay. Grading criteria include the logical flow of ideas, precise language, specific examples, and grammatical clarity. Ideas : Any topic related to your education or your writing is acceptable. For example, you could describe your favorite teacher, discuss your greatest academic accomplishment, tell a story about your award-winning fourth grade poem, use anecdotes to demonstrate how much you hate writing assignments, explain how you panic the night before a research paper is due, or explore your first day in college. Tips : Read your essay aloud to hear how the words sound. Use the spell check feature on your computer. Use Hacker's
English 101 Online: The Narrative Essay
composition English 101, Email Form. The Narrative essay. Current work Days remainingthis term Notes Add Note . What Is This? Privacy Change Your Name.
http://papyr.com/hypertextbooks/engl_101/narrativ.htm

Extractions: A s a mode of expository writing, the narrative approach, more than any other, offers writers a chance to think and write about themselves. We all have experiences lodged in our memories which are worthy of sharing with readers. Yet sometimes they are so fused with other memories that a lot of the time spent in writing narrative is in the prewriting stage. I n this stage, writers first need to select an incident worthy of writing about and, second, to find relevance in that incident. To do this, writers might ask themselves what about the incident provided new insights or awareness. Finally, writers must dredge up details which will make the incident real for readers. O n a smaller scale, the narrative paragraph is also an effective, interesting way to integrate significant background information into a variety of different essay types. O nce an incident is chosen, the writer should keep three principles in mind.
English 101 Online: General Advice On Essay Writing
Daniel Kies Department of English College of DuPage. composition English101, Email Form. General Advice on essay Writing. Current work
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Extractions: I n the 14th century, English borrowed the word essay from the Middle French word essai . In Middle French, the word meant "to try"; it was a verb, something we do . The word's origins ultimately go back to the Late Latin word exagium do ourselves. W make meaning . When we write, we can do things that will either help or hinder this process of making meaning and conveying it to another mind. Part of the craft of writing is learning to try those techniques that enable us to making meaning for our readers successfully. Remember at least that an essay is to try T A cademic writing has a goal (to try to make meaning and convey it to the reader's mind). Therefore, miscellaneous, random collections of ideas, quotes, details, facts, statistics, etc., will not make for an effective vehicle to convey your idea as a writer. Academic essays often have an argument — explicit or implicit. Even a narrative essay about an important moment in the life of a child can have an implied argument of demonstrating the truth of Wordsworth's line "the Child is the Father of the Man." Miscellaneous, random bits of information really do not prove anything, no matter how suggestive those "factoids" are. The information must be organized and related logically to your thesis, your point, your main idea. That is what we
Writing Guide Resource For Composition And Rhetorics And Technical Writing
This site is intended as a guide for students of composition and rhetorics andfor those enrolled in Technical Writing Rhetorical Modes in essay Writing.
http://www.dca.net/~areid/deltech.htm
Composition/Essays
composition/essays For basic essay writing, click on The main thesis, supportingarguments and conclusions. Also notable are the explanations and examples
http://www.rio.maricopa.edu/services/student/support/library/tutorials/compositi

Extractions: From the Southern Illinois University Writing Centers, this site offers extensive handouts, handouts from other writing centers, and links to other writing resources. To access the "Tips for Writing Essays" click on: "On-line Handouts Available from the SIUC Writing Center." Outline of the Five Paragraph Essay
Aronson Essay-English Matters
Computers and composition at George Mason University Looking Back RuthFischer, These days, if you peek into the computer lab designated
http://chnm.gmu.edu/ematters/issue3/fischer/comphist.htm

Extractions: T "Don't sit on them. Don't leave them in the sun or anything magnetic, and, above all, do not use a ball point pen to label your disk!" ) Those were the days when we relied on PC Write for Students , a booklet written by John O'Connor and edited by Roger Lathbury that offered the only documentation for the program until its demise in 1992. Those were the days when we'd trudge, with master PC Write disks and two clean floppies per student in hand, to a lab located in the basement of Thompson Hall or a trailer next to the PE buildings or a trailer behind the West Building to teach students a technology we were in the process of learning ourselves. Indeed, Computers and Composition has had an illustrious history at George Mason University for the past fifteen years. In fact, a cadre of Composition faculty, the majority of whom were adjuncts, led the move to integrate computers into the writing classroom in new and pedagogically sound ways. Early on, a number of us took our turn in a computer lab, teaching PC Write and then returning to our regular classes. However, toward the end of the 1980s, a self-selected group, chose to conduct their ENGL 101 and ENGL 302 classes entirely on the computer. These early adopters (
Athabasca University: Course Syllabus, English 255
write a summary and five essays, including an informal personal essay and four leasta senior high school level of competency in both grammar and composition.
http://www.athabascau.ca/html/syllabi/engl/engl255.htm

Extractions: Introductory Composition The English Language Studies Assessment test is designed to help students understand their strengths and weaknesses in English and guide them to the most appropriate course(s). Delivery mode: Individualized study Grouped study Credits: 3 - No area of study Prerequisite: Students who have not done any formal writing for some time or who feel that their basic skills might be weak should consider taking ENGL 155 or, for ESL needs, ENGL 177 or ENGL 187 . Students who feel uncertain which course to choose may consult the course coordinator. Centre: Centre for Language and Literature Challenge for Credit: ENGL 255 has a Challenge for Credit option. E-learning: Course/Program Information : Effective Written Communication Overview Objectives Outline Evaluation ... Course Fees ENGL 255 focuses on essay writing at the university level. In order to improve essay-writing skills, students study examples of good writing and write a summary and five essays, including an informal personal essay and four formal expository or persuasive essays. This is not a creative writing course nor a course for people learning English as a second language. Nor is ENGL 255 a remedial course for students deficient in basic writing skills. This course assumes at least a senior high school level of competency in both grammar and composition.
Composition 101--Fall, 1997 (RDTN)
composition 101Fall '97 (RDTN). University of South Dakota. Welcome to composition101. Syllabus/Introductory Materials. The Fall '97 Syllabus essay Assignments.
http://www.usd.edu/~mrogge/engl101F97.html

Extractions: Welcome to Composition 101. I am the instructor, Michelle Rogge Gannon. This is a first-year course available through the English Department/SWES at the University of South Dakota. Site Facilitators: Please DO NOT fax essays; mail them instead. Thank you! Remote sites, here is info. about contacting your graders. The Fall '97 Syllabus Essay Assignment #1 Essay Assignment #2 Remote sites Answer two of the questions on the Vermillion students' survey! Vermillion students Answer two of the questions on the remote sites' survey! Peer revision 2.1 form Peer revision 2.2 form Special Instructions for Some Sites ... Preconference Form . NOTE: Even if you choose not to sign up for a conference, you MUST fill out this form completely and turn it in (remote sites: fax it). Patterns of Development.
English 313 - Advanced Composition - Spring 1997
ENGLISH 313 ADVANCED composition. John F. Tinkler LI 219E off. hrs F develops. There will be five essay assignments. The
http://www.towson.edu/~tinkler/course/313syl97s.html

Extractions: Spring 1997 section 001: LI 111: MWF 9:00-9:50; section 002: LI 203: MWF 10:00-10:50 *Assignment Policy *A Brief Style Manual This class will begin with narrative as a way into the idea that all writing should unfold or develop its ideas in the kind of way that a story develops. There will be five essay assignments. The first will be in the manner of pro-con legal narratives (statements of fact), the second in the manner of pro- con legal arguments, and the last three will move further into the idea of developing an argument. The class will also focus on a series of stylistic and grammatical points from the Harbrace College Handbook in such a way that, with each assignment, a list of specific grammatical errors will be targeted by grade penalties. The Harbrace College Handbook . Ed. John C. Hodges et al.. 12th ed. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1995. Davis, Natalie Zemon.
English 102 - Freshman Composition - Fall 1997
This class will focus on the method of inventing criteria and finding materialsin order to support a claim, and on how to structure an essay in order to
http://www.towson.edu/~tinkler/course/102syl.html
Greek Prose Style: Greek 701 At CUNY
assigned in the course Greek texts, bibliography, ancient criticism, an essay onLoose Style, a course in Greek prose style and prose composition taught by
http://web.gc.cuny.edu/dept/class/gk701.htm

Extractions: Last revision: 1/18/03 This is the home page for Greek 701, Greek Rhetoric and Prose Style, a course in Greek prose style and prose composition taught by Hardy Hansen at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Students from CUNY, Fordham University, and New York University are enrolled as part of the consortium in Classics among the three schools. In spring 2003 the class meets on Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the CUNY Graduate Center at 365 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Starting in the spring 1996 semester I have tried to develop this page into a resource which will be useful not only for students in this and similar courses but also for anyone interested in reading and appreciating Attic prose. Everyone can now access directly, via this web site, more than 90% of the materials of the course. The materials posted here will remain available; they will be periodically updated, supplemented, and corrected. This web site, and not any paper handouts, now contains the version "of record". Permission is granted to download materials posted here for your own personal use or for use in teaching, provided that the authorship of such materials is properly acknowledged.
Composition Information
Christina Isabelli, PhD Illinois Wesleyan University. Spanish Conversationand composition Spanish 203 essay Information. Department
http://titan.iwu.edu/~cisabell/courses/spanish203/ensayos/

Extractions: Title Introduction - a statement that express a topic/argument/idea (a general overview of what the composition will be about) Body - enough sentences to cover topic. Transitions are very important to avoid a "choppy" paper (see the list of transitions below), they 'bridge' the ideas/topics/arguments between sentences or paragraphs. Conclusion- a statement to give a nice ending to the composition, it should be different from the introduction
AP Language And Composition Essay Rubric
AP Language and composition essay Rubric 1 2 Off Topic; Soap Boxlecture; I; Argues against writers position; Testimonials;
http://www.foothilltech.org/rgeib/am-ex/writing/ap_language_and_composition_essa

Extractions: Listers Labelers ( analysis) Pointless allusion Believe LANG. test is same as LIT. test Paraphrasing through over quoting (i.e. long passages) Limited task (i.e. diction only) Proving the obvious Obviously; 2 nd person you Colloquial diction even Clichés (makes you stop and wonder) Implied analysis, but inadequate Simplistic reasoning Funnel opening (truisms) Immature focus (get the readers attention) sense of completion (abrupt)
ESSAY RUBRIC FOR ADVANCED PLACEMENT ENLGISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION
essay RUBRIC FOR ADVANCED PLACEMENT ENLGISH LANGUAGE AND composition.89. 6-7. 5. 3-4. 1-2. 0. Overall. Impression. Demonstrates excellent
http://www.foothilltech.org/rgeib/am-ex/writing/essay_rubric_for_advanced_placem

Extractions: ESSAY RUBRIC FOR ADVANCED PLACEMENT ENLGISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION Overall Impression Demonstrates excellent control of the literature and outstanding writing competence; thorough and effective; incisive Demonstrates good control of the literature and good writing competence; less thorough and incisive that he highest papers Reveals simplistic thinking and/or immature writing skills Incomplete thinking; fails to respond adequately to part or parts of the question; may paraphrase rather than analyze Unacceptably brief; fails to respond to the question; little clarity Lacking skill and competence Understanding of the Text Excellent understanding of the text; exhibits perception and clarity; original or unique approach; includes apt and specific references Good understanding of the text; exhibits perception and clarity; includes specific references Superficial understanding of the text; elements of literature vague, mechanical, over- generalized Misreadings and lack of persuasive evidence from the text; meager and unconvincing treatment of literary elements
ESL Composition Course Descriptions
of Graduate Courses. EDU T L 2hour midterm, refutation or response essay 2-hour final, argumentessay. ESL composition
http://www.esl.ohio-state.edu/Comp/Course_Descriptions.html

Extractions: Undergraduate Graduate ESL Composition Description of Undergraduate Courses (General English as a Second Language; 5 credit hours, MTWRF) is designed to introduce students to many of the aspects of academic writing they will need in their other university courses. Specifically, we will look at various rhetorical strategies that are necessary for success in academic wiriting, such as In addition, we will look at issues such as plagiarism that are important for all students to understand. Finally, specific grammatical forms that are related to these rhetorical forms will be discussed. By the end of the course, we hope students will be prepared for both further ESL courses as well as other university writing. 1-hour midterm, producing a written text (Advanced English as a Second Language, 5 credit hours, MTWRF) is designed to give students practical experience with, as well as increased awareness and mastery of academic writing conventions related to summarizing, paraphrasing, documentation, and analytical writing in response to sources. Reading assignments and grammar exercises complement the aims of the writing requirements. Major Assignments :: In-class paragraph/essay writing, on-line journal writing and discussion board via WebCT, two graded summaries, two graded essays (with multiple revisions and based on non-literary and literary sources):

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