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ENG301 - Advanced Composition (COMP2_S22)

Lecture Contents

This webpage will contain all of the lecture materials, texts, presentations, and important links. If there is anything missing please tell me.

Course Introduction

Learning to write in a second language is extremely difficult. Before we begin, it's worthwhile to think about our goals and how having excellent written communication skills in English will help us to reach them.

Part One: Writing Clear and Concise Paragraphs


Unit One: Paragraphs

Unit contents: Topic sentences, supporting sentences, supporting details, and concluding sentences. Grammar components: sentence types and fragments; count and non-count nouns. Three features of a well-written paragraph.

Lecture Resources: 
  • ​Random City Generator


Unit Two: Features of Good Writing

Unit contents: Five features of good writing. Grammar components: clear and consistent pronoun reference. Peer-review workshop: Editing and proofreading.

Unit Three: Types of Paragraphs

Unit contents: Common paragraph types. Grammar components: subject-verb agreement: word forms. 

Midterm Exam Instructions

Show off what you've learned by writing a complete, accurate, and detailed paragraph.
aac_s22_-_problem_solution_paragraph_brainstorm_worksheet.docx
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Part Two: Writing Well-Organized Essays


Essay Project: Medical Analysis 

Unit contents: Comparing paragraphs and essays; the parts of the five paragraph essay; the introduction paragraph; systems of classification. Grammar components: subject-adjective clauses.

Course Resources
  1. Purdue University Online Writing Lab  (OWL) APA Style Guide
  2. Video: McGill University Zotero Tutorial
  3. DongA University Library Website
  4. EBSCO Open Dissertations
  5. Grafiati Topical Bibliographies​
  6. Video: Finding and Saving Sources Using Zotero and Google Drive​
  7. Video: Adding Sources Using the Magic Wand (for Windows)
  8. Video: Adding Trusted Information from Websites
  9. Grammarly grammar, spelling, and punctuation checker
  10. Free (five times a month) online plagiarism checker: https://www.quetext.com/
hacker's_handbook_7th_ed.pdf
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APA student-paper-setup-guide.pdf
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comp2_s22_-_name_-_id_-_medical_research_essay_v7.pdf
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Link to Sample Essay:  
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RY2z03H4kfp6qwwDSO472atUoW2cR5xVHRlGJFxYVBQ/edit?usp=sharing

Final Exam Instructions

 Time to shine! Put together all of the things we learned this semester to write an excellent essay!

Course Documents

comp2_s22_-_syllabus.pdf
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s22_semester_calendar.pdf
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S22_carrier_class_schedule.png
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comp2_s22_-_sample_essay_i.docx
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Primary Text 

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Folse, Ken, et al. Great Writing 3: From Great Paragraphs to Great Essays. Fifth Edition. New York: Heinle, 2021. (please note that this is a new edition and the book is different from the one we had used before)

Online Resources

  1. OWL (Purdue University Online Writing Lab)
  2. Writer's Handbook (Andy Schmitz)
  3. Grammarly 

Vocabulary Resources

longman_communication_3000.pdf
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longman_communication_3000.xlsx
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longman_3000_dictionary.pdf
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rogets_thesaurus_dictionary.pdf
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Writing Resources

longman_essay_activator.pdf
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the_elements_of_style.pdf
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turabian's_manual_9th_ed.pdf
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