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English 102: Composition 2: Handouts

Handouts

Various

• Google Drive Help
• How to write a good signal phrase
• Intro - Quote - Restate - Relate: How to incorporate source material into your own writing (PDF)
• MLA Guidelines
• Online Draft Workshop Instructions
• Outlines and Reverse Outlines
• The Three Rhetorical Appeals

They Say, I Say, excerpts

• Introduction: "Demystifying Academic Conversation"
• Chapter 1: "THEY SAY: Starting with What Others Are Saying"
• Chapter 2: "HER POINT IS: The Art of Summarizing"
• Chapter 3: "AS HE HIMSELF PUTS IT: The Art of Quoting"

They Say, I Say, templates

• They Say, I Say Chapter 1: "Starting with What Others Are Saying" Templates (PDF)
• They Say, I Say Chapter 2: "The Art of Summarizing" Templates (PDF)
• They Say, I Say Chapter 4: "Yes / No/ Okay, But: Three Ways to Respond" Templates (PDF)
• They Say, I Say Chapter 5: "And Yet: Distinguishing What You Say from What They Say" Templates (PDF)
• They Say, I Say Chapter 7: "So What? Who Cares? Saying Why It Matters" Templates (PDF)

Major Assignments

• Essay 1: Pop Culture Textual Analysis An essay analyzing a text from popular culture in terms of disability stereotypes.
• Essay 2: Rhetorical Analysis An essay analyzing two texts, using rhetoric as a framework. Which of these 2 texts makes better use of the rhetorical appeals for an audience of USC Upstate students?
• Essay 3: i-Search A research-based, narrative essay that explains your thinking and research as you learn more about the topic you're addressing in Essay 4
• Essay 4: Proposal A research-based essay that identifies and defines a problem or situation, describes the debate surrounding proposed solutions, then makes a sustained argument in favor of a particular solution.