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| Credits: |
4 (4/0/0) |
| Description: |
This writing course is for non-native learners of English and is designed to prepare students to succeed in college-level fundamental writing courses. Students will learn short essay form for summary and interpretation. Longer five-paragraph form will be studied for essays in a variety of rhetorical modes. |
| Prerequisites: |
(None) |
| Corequisites: |
(None) |
| Competencies: |
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Use and distinguish the characteristics of narration, description, explanation, comparison, and/or opinion.
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Compose short essays with proper theses, introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions.
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Employ a variety of sentence patterns.
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Use both direct and indirect quotations.
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Apply basic formatting to documents using the basic functions of a word processing program.
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Use quotes, definitions, and/or anecdotes effectively in introductory material.
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Use proper paragraph indentation, capitalization, and basic punctuation.
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Construct paragraphs that are limited to a single sub-topic or aspect of the main topic.
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Construct suitable titles that are properly capitalized.
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Experiment with and employ complex grammatical constructions like introductory subordinate clauses, introductory phrases, appositive, and conditionals.
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Use sophisticated verb forms such as present perfect and past perfect.
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Distinguish between the passive and active forms of verbs.
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| MnTC goal areas: |
(N/A) |
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