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This course helps students develop their writing skills by explaining and identifying the steps

involved in the writing process. Seven types of writing are examined: argumentative,

compare/contrast, descriptive, narrative, persuasive, summary, and research. Students will

write a minimum of 20 pages as a requirement for the course. The importance of both global

and sentence-level revision is highlighted throughout the course, as students are encouraged to

consider revising for content and organization as well as editing for grammar, punctuation, and

spelling. Students also learn effective and ethical research techniques, utilizing Modern

Language Association (MLA) style.

Course Objectives

After completing this course, students will be able to:

● Explain and identify the steps involved in the writing process. ● Compose a strong thesis statement. ● Organize an essay into a well-written introduction, body, and conclusion. ● Evaluate the different types of fictional and non-fictional readings. ● Successfully identify and apply the use of analogy. ● Identify and compose the following types of writing: argumentative, compare/contrast,

descriptive, narrative, persuasive, summary, and research.

● Employ ethical and effective research strategies and techniques. ● Analyze and judge the validity of the various kinds of reading materials. ● Correctly use MLA citation style. ● Summarize and paraphrase witho​ut plagiarizing. ● Successfully revise and edit all aspects of an essay. ● Construct grammatically correct sentences. ● Compose sentences and paragraphs with correct spelling and punctuation.

Course Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites to take English Composition.

MLA Research Guidelines

This course follows the research guidelines of the Modern Language Association (MLA). These

guidelines are reflected in the ​MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers​ (8th ed.). A summary of these guidelines is provided at the ​Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)​.

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Academic Honesty

Academic honesty is expected of all students. For StraighterLine’s complete Academic Honesty

policy please refer to the ​StraighterLine Student Handbook​.

To reflect academic honesty, students must:

● Submit only their own work. ● Use quotations and citations to indicate words taken from another source. ● Cite instances of paraphrasing (rewording) information. ● Cite ideas or examples that are not general knowledge.

Important Terms

In this course, different terms are used to designate tasks:

● Tutoring​: memberships include online tutoring for students to access with any content/subject related questions in the place of faculty. If your tutor is not able to

answer your questions please contact a student advisor.

● Assignment*​: A written piece that will be submitted for a grade when the final draft is complete. Your final grade for each assignment is calculated from the raw score

provided. If you have any questions about your calculated Assignment grade please

contact your course advisor.

● Practice​ ​Exercise​: A non-graded quiz or writing piece that provides practice using skills discussed in a topic.

● Graded​ ​Quiz​: A graded online assessment. ● Project​: A process spanning multiple topics that results in a written essay.

*Each Graded Writing Assignment must be completed to complete this course.

Writing Submissions

Writing exercises and assignments may only be submitted as .doc, .docx, .rtf, or .txt files.

Macintosh users should add an extension (.doc or .rtf) to the file name before uploading. If you

have questions on saving files, please contact advisor@straighterline.com.

Course Evaluation Criteria

StraighterLine provides a percentage score and letter grade for each course. See ​Academic Questions​ section in FAQ for further details on percentage scores and grading scale. A passing percentage is​ 70%​ or higher.

If you have chosen a Partner College to award credit for this course, your final grade will be

based upon that college's grading scale. Only passing scores will be considered by Partner

Colleges for an award of credit.

All required assignments must be submitted in order to be issued a transcript.

There are a total of 1000 points in the course:

Topic Assessment Points