Short commentaries on the readings assigned for the class, with special emphasis on rhetorical strategies, such as audience, style, etc. A portfolio of selected work completed during the semester including a formal reflection on your writing. In addition to a selection of assignments, the formal reflection will consist of an introduction of yourself as a writer, eight short response-papers on some important principles of rhetoric, and a speculation on the type of writing you plan to do in your career after college. I will provide you with assignment sheets in which I will explain in some detail the nature and purpose of each assignment. Course Policies Attendance and Class Participation.
Attendance is absolutely mandatory.
Three unexcused absences will make your total grade for the semester automatically drop by a letter grade. And each unexcused absence that will follow will cost you 10 points. This means that you will fail the course automatically when you accumulate eight unexcused absences, no matter what grades you will earn for your papers. Also if and when you miss a class, you are entirely responsible for getting information from your classmates in order to catch up with the rest of the class. Because I will be taking attendance at the beginning of every class period, you must be on time for class.