English Composition 1
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Course Web Pages on Writing
The resources linked below are especially important. They presents information about many aspects of your writing that should be helpful as you work on your essays for the course.
Guidelines for All Essays
- The Proper Format for Essays
- Expectations for All Essays
- IVCC's Grading Standards for Student Essays
- Evaluation and Grading Criteria for Essays
- Saving Files in Rich Text Format
- Getting Started on Essays
- Understanding Editing Marks on Essays
Sample Essays and Checklists
- Sample Student Essay on Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant"
- Sample Student Essay on Mansfield's "Miss Brill"
- Revision Checklist
- Checklist: Organization and the Support and Development of Ideas
- Checklist: Style and Mechanics
- Checklist: Using Online Sources
Thesis, Organization, the Support and Development of Ideas
- Organizing and Developing Persuasive Paragraphs
- Bad Paragraph / Good Paragraph: Effectively Developing a Persuasive Paragraph
- Example of a Persuasive Paragraph
- Organizing and Developing a Persuasive Essay
- Effective Argumentation with Claims, Evidence, and Warrants
- The Thesis Statement
- Checklist: Organization and the Support and Development of Ideas
Punctuation, Grammar, Word Choice
- Understanding Editing Marks on Essays
- Identifying and Eliminating Common Errors in Writing
- Commas
- Semicolons
- Integrating Quotations into Sentences
- Using Quotations Properly
- Checklist: Style and Mechanics
Style
- "Words, Words, Words"
- Using Specific and Concrete Diction
- Formal Writing Voice
- Sentences: Simple, Compound, and Complex
- Integrating Quotations into Sentences
- Checklist: Style and Mechanics
Writing with Sources
- Online Research Resources
- Using Sources Effectively
- Citing Sources
- Citing and Documenting Online Sources
- Documenting Sources from Online Subscription Databases
- Sample Works Cited Page for Online Sources
- Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
- Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism
- Checklist: Using Online Sources
- Paragraph with Sources on Hemingway's "Cat in the Rain"
- Works Cited Page for Stories and Sources
- Using ProQuest and FirstSearch