Writing Skills: Paragraph to Essay

Catalog description

This course provides instruction on producing clear, mechanically correct sentences of maturing quality while providing students with both an introduction to and practice with the expository essay. Summarization skills are further developed and practiced in an effort to build upon and sharpen students' analytical reading and thinking abilities in preparation for college-level writing. The course emphasizes and provides tools necessary for clear, correct writing aimed at a defined audience. Students will produce three formal essays of 600- 700 words each for a total of 1800 - 2100 words of revised, final draft copy over the term.