Course Introduction
Unit 1: Redefining What It Means To Write
- Writing as Conversation
- Writing as a Process
- The PWR (Prewrite, Write, and Revise) Method
- The Finishing Touches
- Reading to Write: Reading and Writing as Complementary Activities
- Grammar Capsule: The Anatomy of a Sentence
Unit 2: Academic Writing
- What Is Academic Writing?
- The Architecture of an Argument
- Audience – the Other
- Types of Support
- Rogerian Argument and Anticipating Counterarguments
- Rhetorical Strategies
Unit 3: Focus, Cohesion, and Style
- Choppiness: How to Detect and Fix It
- Wordiness: How to Detect and Fix It
- Parallelism
- Active versus Passive Voice
- Word Choice
- Grammar Capsule: Sentence-Level Sloppiness
Unit 4: Using The Work Of Others
- How to Leverage the Work of Others
- Methods for Using the Work of Others
- Plagiarism and How to Avoid It
- MLA Documentation