Tag Archives: college-comp

15.1: MLA and APA Format

Posted on November 28, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Attendance Final Paper Feedback MLA and APA Format Overview Paper Course Evaluations Homework Final Paper Feedback One thing that came up in a lot of drafts was the benefit of roadmapping a paper in the introduction. This is … Continue reading →

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College Comp 12.1: Reviewing Research Questions

Posted on November 7, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Attendance No Class Wednesday Workshop “Volunteers” Reviewing Research Questions Homework Reviewing Research Questions I am studying Dubliners because I am trying to find moral paralysis in order to help my reader understand better how moral paralysis shows up … Continue reading →

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College Comp 11.1: Reviewing Signals, Prepping Booth

Posted on October 31, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Attendance Workshop Volunteers Review Crafting a Signal Wayne Booth Homework Workshop Volunteers Here is a list of the eligible candidates: Betty Tyler Elena Lawrence JaRay Courtney Review Crafting a Signal Here’s the original text I asked you to … Continue reading →

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College Comp 10.1: Pathos and Apology

Posted on October 24, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Attendance Workshop Volunteers (the list grows smaller) News Pathos Apology Homework News Two points here. First, there will be no class on Wednesday November 9th (that’s three Wednesdays away). Second, there will be no more reading in the … Continue reading →

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College Comp 9.3

Posted on October 21, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Attendance No class on Wednesday November 9th Sigma Tau Delta Workshop Homework Sigma Tau Delta Invite Sigma Tau Delta invites you to attend our Halloween Event “A Little Night Music”. This event will be on Friday, October 28th … Continue reading →

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College Comp 9.1: Analogies (Metaphor and Simile)

Posted on October 17, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Attendance Wednesday, Nov 9th: class cancelled Campus Climate Survey Extra Credit Opportunity: Writing Center MLA/APA workshop–Monday at 5 in Ross 0280 Workshop Volunteers Metaphor Homework Metaphor In today’s class I want to focus on analogies (metaphors and similes). … Continue reading →

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College Comp 8.2: Making Data Meaningful

Posted on October 12, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Attendance Confirm Workshop Volunteers Office hours UNECE’s “Making Data Meaningful” Washington Post article Homework UNECE’s “Making Data Meaningful” I want to start today by examining the UNECE’s (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) guide for scientists and statisticians, … Continue reading →

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College Comp 8.1: Logos

Posted on October 10, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Attendance Flu shot? Workshop Volunteers Logos Homework Logos I want to do a presentation today on logos, the rhetorical term for forms of proof. Homework I want you to argue in favor of a statistic this week. Frame … Continue reading →

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College Comp 7.2: Improving Syntax

Posted on October 5, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Attendance Workshop Volunteer Confirmation Style Exercise (Canvas Quiz) Writing Homework Workshop Volunteer Confirmation Let’s do this. Style Exercise Today we will be working from Williams and Bizup’s Style, working on sentence syntax. Williams emphasizing moving from subjects and … Continue reading →

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College Comp 7.1: Paraphrasing and Summarizing

Posted on October 3, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Attendance 3 Workshop Volunteers Paraphrasing and Summarizing Homework Paraphrasing and Summarizing Workshop This semester I have asked you to summarize quite a bit of reading. I think the quality of your reading summaries are inconsistent, and a few … Continue reading →

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