Practical english lesson 4 penn foster

Advanced Composition

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Note: Students cannot take ENG300 until or unless they

take English Composition. Students need to show proof

of the prerequisite before they take this course.

INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS 1

LESSON ASSIGNMENTS 13

LESSON 1: A REVIEW OF THE WRITING PROCESS 17

LESSON 2: PLANNING A RESEARCH PAPER AND 37 EVALUATING SOURCES

LESSON 3: FINDING SOURCES, TAKING NOTES, 51 AND SYNTHESIZING

LESSON 4: DRAFTING, REVISING, AND FORMATTING 67 A RESEARCH PROJECT

LESSON 5: DEFINITION: 85 EXPLAINING WHAT YOU MEAN

LESSON 6: READING AND WRITING 107 ABOUT LITERATURE

LESSON 7: COMPARISON AND CONTRAST: 137 SHOWING SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES

LESSON 8: ARGUMENTS 161

SELF-CHECK ANSWERS 183

APPENDIX 213

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INTRODUCTION Welcome to your Advanced Composition course. In this course, you’ll practice research and writing skills by develop- ing papers that require you to use sources and correctly cite them using MLA formatting. You’ll learn to look at writing with a critical eye—a skill you can apply to your own work, as well as to the reading you do for research or in your daily activities. You’ll apply these skills to your own writing through editing and revising.

COURSE OBJECTIVES The primary objective of the course is to use research to plan, organize, develop, and edit a variety of papers with clarity and precision using standard MLA formatting.

When you complete this course, you’ll be able to

n Use the writing process to write essays using different patterns of development

n Apply an appropriate rhetorical style to an audience and purpose

n Write effective thesis statements

n Develop paragraphs using topic sentences, adequate detail, supporting evidence, and transitions

n Identify, define, and analyze literary elements

n Develop critical reading skills

n Use responsible research methods to locate appropriate secondary sources

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Note: For Lesson 7, you’re required to read one novel that has

been turned into a movie and to watch that movie. The list of

movies made from books is extensive and includes To Kill a

Mockingbird, The Princess Bride, and Girl with a Pearl Earring.

(A short story or children’s book isn’t an appropriate selection.

You must read a full-length novel.)

n Use Modern Language Association (MLA) citation and documentation style to reference secondary source mate- rial correctly and appropriately

n Quote, paraphrase, and summarize secondary source material correctly and appropriately

n Use the conventions of standard written American English to produce correct, well-written essays

COURSE MATERIALS The following materials are part of this course:

1. This study guide, which contains

n An introduction to your course