Schedule MWF

MS Word: General Instructions

Classroom Expectations

Dr. Robert Miller

English 1301: Composition
and Rhetoric I

Course Information Sheet

Written Work

Model Essays

Course Lectures


Basic Sentence Structure 
Punctuation 

Building an Essay
Reading for Understanding 

Classification

Comparison and Contrast

Cause and Effect

Diction

Research

Rhetoric
Logic
Rhetorical Analysis

 






 

 

Course Handouts


An Outline Review of English Grammar
Coordination and Subordination
Leroy's Twelve Hard and Fast Rules of    Grammer (and Spelling)
Proofreading and Correction Symbols

Thesis Sentences

Template for a Three level Outline

Classification Topics

Topics for Comparison or Contrast

Topics for Causal Analysis

Glossary of Frequently Confused Words    And Phrases
On Jargon
Combining Forms, Affixes, and Roots    from Greek and Latin
The Clear Obfuscated
Students Write the Darnedest Things
Verbose Maxims
Maxims in Plain English

Informal Fallacies
Argument/Persuasion Paper    Specifications
Argument Topics
Quotation and Citation

Rhetorical Analysis of an Essay

 

Internet Sites


Grammar and Sentence Structure
Punctuation

The Essay

Classification and Division

Comparison and Contrast

Cause and Effect

Diction, Vocabulary, and Usage

Plagiarism
Logic, Argument Evaluation, and    Statistics
Rhetoric and Critical Analysis of an    Essay
Dropping the First Atomic Bomb