Emphasis on analysis, interpretation, and composition of essays and short stories including character portrayal and interaction, technique of description, and use of anecdote. These courses are designed to improve student s expository ability and style through analysis and preparation of extended compositions and research papers, and through an intensive study of the concepts and elements of language. A study of elements of rhetoric including proportion, order, pacing, tone, diction and sentence structure. Students will study exemplary works and write themes, with particular attention to perception, order and expression. A study of expository writing stimulated through the analysis of particular literary types.
Literature is used as a source and stimulant for written composition.
A study of written and library skills, needed by those who plan further study in scientific, technical, or business fields. The course proceeds from a review of the literary essentials of effective report writing to the analysis of selected models, and provides practice in the design, organization, composition and evaluation of different types of reports including outlines, abstracts, and more extensive forms. A study of communication theory designed to alert students to major problems in communicating with others and to enable them to improve communication skills. LB 119 or instructor permission. A continuation of LB 119 wherein students explore various writing techniques including description, dialogue, sentence rhythm, word sound and metaphor.