ENGLISH 102

Advanced Composition/Research Writing

Course Documents	Readings	RS Review	Critical Thinking	Persuasive Appeals	Subtext
Fallacies	Essays	Documentation	RDP	Film Review	Links

COURSE DOCUMENTS

Course Syllabus:
- Standard
- spring 2010 (section 01)
- spring 2010 (section 03)
- spring 2010 (section 05)
House RULES
CALENDAR (spring 2010)
FINAL GRADE SHEET
final grade sheet (spring 2010)

Turnitin.com (student log-in word)
Turnitin.com (spring 2010)
homework
JOURNALS:
- spring 2010
- spring 2009 (20)
- summer 2008 (18)
- 2007 (25)
Movie Review (supplemental assignment)
APA (supplemental assignment)

dr. house's grammar book

SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS

NATIONAL INTEREST:
- Gas Prices article
- Gas Prices article (2)
- Gas Prices 2008
- Cassio on Alcoholic Beverages
- Ebay Baby
- NCAA and 7th Graders
- Coach Fired 100-0
- Obama -- Abortion Fund
- Obama -- Inauguration Speech
- Fibromyalgia & Drug Companies
- Racist Benediction?
- Gettysburg Address
- Muslim Veils
- Poetry Is Obsolete?
- Darfur: 2 sides
- The "Green" Scheme (bulbs)
- The "Green Bubble"
- Second Amendment
- "Health" Food Schemes: Probiotics
- "Health" Food Schemes: Cheerios
- Plagiarism Articles

LOCAL INTEREST:
- Gas Prices article
- Gas Prices article (2)
- Gas Prices 2008
- Energy Drinks
- Provider Conscience Rule
- LCCC Free Classes
- Cell Phone Ban
- Not Ready for College (stats)
- Bishop vs. Misericordia: Diversity
- Baseball's "Batman"
- Texting while Driving
- Drinking Age
- Sexting
- Sexting (pro side)
- Beer Summit Articles
- Beer Summit (Subtext)
- Pro-Con Debate: Should Congress re-impose ban on Rx drug ads on TV?
- Tiger Woods' "Apology"
- Tiger Woods's Apology Reaction Articles
- "Women, Pop Music, and Pornography"

A Great Time...

...to Be a Woman?

Generation Diva
- Youth in a Jar (slide show)
- Beauty Gadgets (slide show)
Price of Cosmetics
Sub-Zero Sizes
Sub-Zero Sizes #2
Skinny Is Deadly
"Sexvertising"
Hypersexualization of Children
Sexy Inc. Documentary on Hypersexualization
APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls
Porndemic (video)
Porndemic (site)
Internet Porn Stats

RHETORICAL STRATEGIES REVIEW

"OLD" RHETORICAL STRATEGIES:

"NEW" RHETORICAL STRATEGIES:

CRITICAL THINKING, READING, WRITING

ESSAY BASICS:
- Essay Basics 2010 (ppt)
- Essay Basics (wmv)
- Essay Basics (word)
- Essay Basics (old ppt)

CRITICAL THINKING:
- Lack of Critical Thinking Skills
- Tannen: Debate into Dialogue
- Tannen: Men vs. Women
- Tannen: Talking Stats
- Abortion: Side #3
- Abortion : Side #3 (with Dangers)
- Crichton article "How to Fight"
- Gulf Stream article
- Ethos editorial
- Gun Control--Sewell
- MIMAL 1
- MIMAL 2
- Theatricality of Politics

CRITICAL READING, WRITING:
- Argument & Persuasion
- "Analyze" Albom essay Report
- Toulmin Method
- Rogerian Method
- Outlining
- Outline of Sewell
- Summarizing
- Paraphrasing
- Critical Reading & Writing Skills
- Lexicon of Critical Thinking Terms

AUTHORITIES & STATS:
- Authorities and Statistics
- Bonds Poll article (stats)
- Cookies article (stats)
- Cookies Figures
- Teen Pregnancy Rates (stats)
- Political Polls 1
- Political Polls 2
- Not Ready for College (stats)
- Courthouse Stats
- Tannen: Talking Stats

PERSUASIVE APPEALS

POWERPOINTS:
- Logos, Pathos, Ethos
  - (un-narrated ppt)
- Logos, Pathos, Ethos
  - (narrated ppt)

RELATED READINGS:
- Gun Control--Sewell
- Logos: S.I. Hayakawa
- Pathos: Beck on Gore
- Ethos editorial
- Hamlet's "To be" speech
- MLK's "I have a dream" speech
- Types of Proof
- Declaration of Independence (text)
- Declaration of Independence (analysis)

PROJECTS and PRESENTATIONS

PROJECTS:
- LIBRARY PROJECT
  - Library of Congress System
- JOURNALS 2007 (25)
  - Journals 2007
  - Journals 2008 (spring)

PRESENTATIONS:
- Subtext Presentation
  - Subtext & Pictures (Israel)
  - Subtext (MTV pix)
  - Subtext and Race (NYT articles)
- Fallacies Presentation

SUBTEXT

PRESENTATIONS:
- Subtext: Presentation (doc)
- Subtext: Background PPT (short version)
- Subtext: How To
- Subtext: Examples
- Subtext: Presentation PPT
- Subtext: Essay PPT
- Subtext: Extra Credit Assignment
LINKS:
- YOUTUBE.COM
- ADVERTISEMENTS ONLINE
- AD* ACCESS (Duke University)
- ALL POLITICAL ADS
- PHILIP MORRIS ADVERTISING
- LIBRARY of CONGRESS on ADVERTISING

RELATED READINGS:
- Subtext of Beer Summit (Racial Politics)
- Subtext and Hamlet
- Subtext & Pictures (Israel)
- Subtext (MTV pix)
- Subtext and Race (NYT articles)
- Historicity of Images
- Hidden Bias
- Power of Words
- Project Implicit: Test Your Hidden Biases
- They Live images
- Fight Club quotes
- Subtext cartoons
- Sexist Citibank Commercial (clip)
- Subtext: Various Ads
- Subtext essay
- Visual Arguments
VISUAL ARGUMENTS:

FALLACIES

POWERPOINTS:

UN-NARRATED:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3A
Part 3B
Part 3C
Part 3D

NARRATED:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3A
Part 3B
Part 3C
Part 3D

BACKGROUND:
- Fallacies List
- Fallacies List: Brief Definitions
- Fallacies: Section #2 Reminders
- Fallacies Activities
- Fallacies Student Handout
- Fallacies (MINE)
- Fallacies PPT (full)

ACTIVITIES:
- Part 3A (Insufficient Evidence)
- Part 3B (Irrelevant Information)
- Part 3C (Ambiguous Information)
- Part 3D (Faulty Reasoning)

RELATED READINGS:
- Fallacies: Straw Man (Nixon)
- Fallacies: Straw Man (Obama)
- Fallacies: Tu Quoque (NBA)
- Fallacies: The Tu Quoque Defense
- Fallacies: Tu Quoque (Imus)
- Fallacies: Tu Quoque (blogs)
- Fallacies: Ad Misericordiam (Vick)
- Fallacies: Ad Misericordiam (Katrina)
- Fallacies: Ad Hominem (GW)
- Fallacies: LL, PHEPH (Banner)
- Fallacies: Amphiboly (NCAA)
- Fallacies: Red Herring
- Fallacies: Rationalization (Peanuts comic)
- Fallacies: Rationalization (Plagiarism article)
- Fallacies: Equivocation (N.S. comic)
- Fallacies: Non Sequitur (PMP comic)
- Fallacies: Naturalistic Fall. (Hydroxycut)
- Fallacies : Contexomies
- Fallacies: Card Stacking & Global Warming

PRESENTATIONS:
- Fallacies Presentations 2009
- Fallacies Presentation Doc.
- Fallacies Alternate Assignment (Define)
- Fallacies Extra Credit Assignment
- Class List (102-02)
- Class List (102-12)
- Class List (102-10)

ESSAYS

ESSAYS:

INFORMAL OPINION ESSAY
- IOE Past Topics & Samples
- IOE (ppt)
- IOE (wmv)
IOE 2009:

ANALOGY ESSAY

CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE ESSAY
- CIE Reports
IMAGES ESSAY
MOVIE REVIEW
FALLACIES MOVIE REVIEW

ESSAYS:

CAUSES and EFFECTS ESSAY
- Background doc.
- Causes and Effects: Background PPT
- Causes and Effects: Background Narrated PPT
- Causes and Effects: Essay PPT
- Causes and Effects: Essay Narrated PPT
- "The Monster That Is High School"
- Possible Topics
- Essay Outline
- Outline Template
- Possible Assignment Sheet
- C&E Essay Reminders (2009)
- C&E MLA Reminders
- Annotated Bibliography

WRITING TIPS:

DOCUMENTATION

Research Writing:
- 2009 MLA Updates
- Research Writing Tips
- Evaluating Sources
  - Long Form
  - Short Form
  - Print Sources
  - Web Sources
- What to Cite
- How to Cite (short)
- How to Cite (long)
- Parenthetical Citations
  - PC: short
  - PC: long
  - PC: Page #, Subheadings, Paragraph #
  - Parenthetical Citations Exercise
- Google Search Tips
- Book Activities
- Documentation
- Research Documentation
Style:
- Block Quotes
- Ellipsis
- Brackets
- Quotation Marks (background)
- Quotation Marks (examples)
- Quotation Marks vs. Underlining
- Capitalization in Titles
- Quote of a Quote
Paraphrasing & Summarizing:
- How to Paraphrase
- How to Summarize
- Directly Quoting, Paraphrasing, or Summarizing
- Paraphrasing exercises
- Paraphrasing exercises answers
- Paraphrasing (OWL)
- How to Outline a Source

Lead-in Expressions:
- Lead-In Expressions Handout 2009
- Lead-In Expressions Handout
- Lead-In Exercises
Electronic Sources:
- Databases
- Web sites
- Electronic Sources (long)
- Electronic Sources (short)
Works Cited Page:
- Works Cited pages: THE BASICS
- OWL's Sample WC page (marked up)
  - OWL Works Cited page example (plain)
- Works Cited or Consulted Pages
- Works Cited Page exercises
- Databases
- Web sites
- Other Types of Sources
Plagiarism:
- Plagiarism PPT
- Plagiarism: Definition
- Plagiarism exercises (1)
- Plagiarism exercises (2)
- Plagiarism exercises (3)
- Plagiarism Tutorial
- From Plagiarist to VP (Biden)
- Plagiarism Excuse: Cryptomnesia
Quality Web Sites:
- OWL: Purdue's Online Writing Lab
- Citation Machine.net
- Find Articles.com

RESEARCH DEBATE PROJECT

BACKGROUND:

RDP 2009

LCCC Library Web site
- (if you are immediately prompted for a code, hit "cancel" and the site will open)
Opposing Viewpoints screen shot
Remote Access

STRUCTURE:

ASSIGNMENTS:

PAB
FAB
Analogy
Analogy (journal)
Working Outline
Proposal
OCR-FAB
Summary of a Side (either side)
SOS, Summary of Side #1(same as above)
Final Outline
Works Consulted

REMINDERS:

Old RDP:

RDP (ppt.)
RDP 2008 (summer 2)
RDP 2008: Calendar (summer 2)
RDP 2008: Groups (summer 2)
- email contact list
- grade sheet
RDP past articles link

JOURNALS:

NATIONAL INTEREST:

LOCAL INTEREST:

A Great Time...

...to Be a Woman?

"OLD" RHETORICAL STRATEGIES:

"NEW" RHETORICAL STRATEGIES:

Analogy (more under "Essays")

Causes-Effects (more under "Essays")

ESSAY BASICS:

CRITICAL THINKING:

CRITICAL READING, WRITING:

AUTHORITIES & STATS:

POWERPOINTS:

RELATED READINGS:

*PROJECTS and PRESENTATIONS*

PROJECTS:

PRESENTATIONS:

PRESENTATIONS:

LINKS:

RELATED READINGS:

POWERPOINTS:

UN-NARRATED:

NARRATED:

BACKGROUND:

RELATED READINGS:

PRESENTATIONS:

ESSAYS:

ESSAYS:

WRITING TIPS:

Research Writing:

Style:

Paraphrasing & Summarizing:

Lead-in Expressions:

Electronic Sources:

Works Cited Page:

Plagiarism:

Quality Web Sites:

BACKGROUND:

RDP 2009

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STRUCTURE:

ASSIGNMENTS:

REMINDERS:

Old RDP:

FILM REVIEW: Spring 2009

EXTERNAL SITES:

INTERNAL SITES:

*NEW TEXTBOOK*

Chapter Notes:

PROJECTS and PRESENTATIONS

NEW TEXTBOOK