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RHT 102
Freshman Rhetoric/
Composition II
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Freshman
Rhetoric II develops student skills in analytical, critical and evaluative
writing, as well as research methodology.
TEXTS:
A Writer's Resource - Maimon and Peritz
The Awakening - Kate Chopin, edited
by Nancy A. Walker, Second Edition
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS REQUIRED: One 3
1/2" disk, and 3 x 5 index cards.
OBJECTIVES:
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Using basic techniques of research
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to become familiar with using basic tools of research:
periodical indexes, standard reference works and computerized databases.
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to use basic techniques of research: developing
bibliographies, notetaking, outlining, and documentation.
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to use evidence drawn from researched sources to support
essay arguments of analysis, evaluation and interpretation.
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Developing an extensive (8-10 page) research paper.
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Reading and discussing selected literary works
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to understand the literal meaning of the texts.
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to recognize and analyze the rhetorical and literary
techniques used in the stories, poems and plays.
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to interpret and explore themes and ideas found in
the texts.
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Developing essays of critical analysis and interpretation
of the literary texts
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to recognize patterns of symbols, character, plot,
structure, imagery, etc. in the literary texts.
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to discover themes and ideas expressed by these patterns
in the texts.
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to generate and synthesize textual evidence in order
to support a workable thesis of interpretation.
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to organize reasons and evidence for arguments of
interpretation into coherent essays.
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