The first draft or two is always more like a conversation a writer has with him- or herself than it is a communication with readers. They emerge, usually, from many time-consuming drafts: with each draft, the writer moves closer to what she or he wants to say.
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You will then revise those early papers into a full draft, giving your analysis time to evolve and grow more interesting and complex. You will develop and write preliminary response papers and drafts, for which you will receive feedback. Together as a class, we will explore specific writing issues and challenges common to college writing assignments.īear in mind that your writing grows strongest when you treat it as a process. This course is divided into two units in which you will write short exercises, then drafts of essays, and then full revisions of those essays.
Key concepts of academic argument-such as thesis, motive, evidence, and structure-will be introduced and reviewed you will also learn strategies for reading and analyzing complex texts.
You’ll do short writing assignments that will help you learn to work with the fundamental concepts of academic writing that all students and scholars use: reading closely to analyze texts and question sources reasoning with evidence organizing persuasive and well-structured arguments and communicating your ideas in clear and effective prose. Expo E-15 is designed to prepare students for EXPO E-25, “Introduction to Academic Writing and Critical Reading ,” and, more generally, to introduce you to the kinds of writing assignments you will encounter as college students so that you will be able to write academic essays with confidence and skill.
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