English Composition II: Rhetorical Methods Based

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English Composition II is an expository writing course that helps students develop advance writing skills. The text also reviews and incorporates some of the same skills. This course teaches research skills by emphasizing the development of advanced analytical/critical reading skills, proficiency in investigative research, and the writing of persuasive prose including documented and researched argumentative essays. This course emphasizes on the research process and information literacy.

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Publisher
Lumen Learning
Subjects
Humanities, Composition
Licence
CC BY 4.0, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Summary
  7. 1.1: How to Write a Summary
  8. 1.2: Research and Critical Reading
  9. 1.3: Primary Source- Sustaining Our Commonwealth of Nature and Knowledge
  10. 1.4: Primary Source- The Zombie as Barometer of Capitalist Anxiety
  11. 1.5: Primary source- Zombies vs. animals? The living dead wouldn’t stand a chance
  12. 2: Rhetorical Analysis
  13. Front Matter
  14. TitlePage
  15. InfoPage
  16. 2.1: Basic Questions for Rhetorical Analysis
  17. 2.2: Rogerian Argument
  18. 2.3: Toulmin’s Argument Model
  19. 2.4: Toulmin’s Schema
  20. 2.5: Persuasion
  21. Back Matter
  22. Index
  23. 3: What Is Research?
  24. 3.1: Research Essay Project Overview
  25. 3.2: What Is Research?
  26. 3.3: Research and Other Types of Source-based Writing
  27. 3.4: What Is Research Writing?
  28. 3.5: Reading to Write Effectively
  29. 3.6: How to Read Like a Writer
  30. 4: Research Questions
  31. 4.1: The Qualities of a Good Research Question
  32. 4.2: Choosing A Manageable Research Topic
  33. 5: Research Proposal
  34. 5.1: Managing Your Research Project
  35. 5.2: Steps in Developing a Research Proposal
  36. 6: Prewriting
  37. 6.1: Prewriting Strategies
  38. 7: Thesis Statements
  39. 7.1: Formulating a Thesis
  40. 7.2: 5 Ways of Looking at a Thesis
  41. 7.3: Process- Writing a Thesis Statement
  42. 8: Evaluating Sources
  43. 8.1: The Seven Steps of the Research Process
  44. 8.2: Understanding Bias
  45. 8.3: Examples for Reading Notebook 4
  46. 9: Integrating Sources
  47. 9.1: Quotation Marks
  48. 9.2: Quotations
  49. 9.3: Using Sources Blending Source Material with Your Own Work
  50. 9.4: Using Sources Creatively
  51. 9.5: When to Quote and When to Paraphrase
  52. 10: Citing Sources
  53. 10.1: Citing and Referencing Techniques
  54. 10.2: Read- Acknowledging Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
  55. 10.3: When and How To Use MLA In-Text Citation
  56. 10.4: How to Cite YouTube
  57. 10.5: APA in-text citations
  58. 11: Annotated Bibliographies
  59. 11.1: Video- Annotated Bibliographies An Illustrated Guide
  60. 12: Structure and Outlining
  61. 12.1: Classical Essay Structure
  62. 12.2: Writing for Success- Outlining
  63. 12.3: Introductions
  64. 12.4: Conclusions
  65. 13: Determining Audience
  66. 13.1: Audience
  67. 14: Revising and Editing
  68. 14.1: Revising and Editing
  69. 14.2: General Revision Points to Consider
  70. 14.3: Specific Revision Points to Consider
  71. 15: Visual Arguments
  72. 15.1: Photos and Illustrations
  73. 15.2: Video- Visualizing Data
  74. 15.3: Visual Elements- Play, Use, and Design
  75. 16: Final Drafts
  76. 16.1: Sample Final Research Essay Drafts
  77. 16.2: Cohesion- What do People Mean When They Say My Writing Doesn’t “Flow”
  78. 16.3: Read- Developing Your Final Draft
  79. 17: Reflective Learning
  80. 17.1: Reflection
  81. 17.2: Reflective Learning
  82. Back Matter
  83. Index
  84. Detailed Licensing