The course provides a thorough explanation of essay writing. An introduction to expository writing using computers. Students will learn to prewrite, organize, draft, and revise written assignments using current word processing technology. This course must be taken in conjunction with ENGL 1010. ENGL 1020 is the second semester freshman English course.
Students also write several essays about literature.
In their answers to factual questions on in-class exams, students will demonstrate, orally and in writing, their ability to analyze, compare, and evaluate novels and narrative films. This course prepares students to assume the responsibility of publishing a literaryarts magazine once a year. This course involves the complementary activities of reading and writing in a variety of rhetorical modes. Students gain an understanding of the standard critical approaches to literature, analyze a variety of fiction and nonfiction, and develop the ability to recognize and use a variety of styles and structures in their own writings. An analysis of the forms of poetry and prose and the practice of creative writing at the introductory level.