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In reply to this post, please write a short paragraph (five to seven sentences) explaining why it is important to use textual evidence in college writing assignments and some of the MLA guidelines for using it, e.g., why ICE is … Continue reading →

This Group Assignment is in two parts.  Before beginning it, please read Professor Rodgers’ introduction to “Understanding Sentences in Standard Written English (SWE)”: Part I: After reading this introduction, what specific questions do you have about sentences in Standard Written English … Continue reading →

Please post your draft thesis statement for your five paragraph letter explaining why you agree or disagree with argument presented in one of the essays we read last week. Please also feel free to post any questions you have about … Continue reading →

Re: Summary Writing Need to include title and author according to MLA guidelines. It is best to paraphrase and quote from the text in a summary. Clarity is important: Making sure your reader understands what the author whose work you … Continue reading →

Demba: I have three questions about the summary can we interpret some example in the text using our own words? does it exist a minimum sentences to better summarize a text? by summarize ,can we just use the text writer’s … Continue reading →

GA6: Reflecting on and Discussing Our Collection of Personal Narrative Literacies Essays   You have all written some wonderful essays about reading and writing practices.  While we have spent some time discussing these in class, there is still more to discuss … Continue reading →

  What We Learned About the Practice of College Writing What We Learned About Literacies and Reading and Writing Practices as Socio-Technical and Cultural Phenomena Group 1 Paragraphs: focus Brainstorming useful to help us form ideas and choose the best … Continue reading →

First, please read about Higher Order Concerns (HOC) and Lower Order Concerns (LOC) in the Revision Process on the Purdue OWL: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/690/01/ Second, please post any questions or observations you have about the three stages–Structural Revision, Line Editing, Proofreading–of the … Continue reading →