English+1101

= **__English 1101 __** =



__Syllabuses:__ Fall 2012 Tuesday/Thursday:

__**REFERENCE GUIDES AND ONLINE TEXTS**__
 * [|Strunk and White's ELEMENTS OF STYLE]
 * [|Episode Index for Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Writing Tips]

__**Introductory/Expository Links**__
 * [|Writing Thesis Statements (OWL)]
 * [|Components for Effective Outlines]
 * [|Essay Writing and the Expository Essay (OWL)]
 * [|Make the Paragraph the Unit of Composition]
 * [|"10 Words You Need to Stop Misspelling"]
 * [|"Essay Writing"/"Expository Essay" (OWL)]
 * [|Taylor Mali's "The The Impotence of Proofreading"]
 * [|10 Words You Need to Stop Misspelling (Oatmeal)]
 * [|Why and How to Create a Useful Outline (OWL)]
 * [|"On Paragraphs" (OWL)]
 * [|Kyle Wiens's "I Won't Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here's Why."]
 * [|Proofreading Marks]
 * [|Laura Raines's "Want a Job? Write a Letter"]

__**Description Paper Links**__
 * [|Descriptive Essay (OWL)]
 * [|Ernest Hemingway's "Camping Out"]
 * [|Willie Morris's "Two Hearts" (from North Toward Home)]
 * [|Jonathan Schell's "Letter from Ground Zero"]
 * [|excerpt of Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods]
 * [|Jordan Conn's "Let It Fly"]

__**Narrative Paper Links**__
 * [|The Narrative Essay (OWL)]
 * [|Allie Brosh's "The Party"]
 * [|George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant"]
 * [|Bryan Curtis's "The Ballad of the Piggyback Bandit"]
 * [|Rob Delaney's "I Make Babies"]

__ Definition Paper Links __

 * [|"Developing a Definition" and "What is a Yankee?"]
 * [|Writing Definitions (OWL)]
 * [|Definition Essay]
 * [|Nikos Kazantzakis's "A Definition of Happiness"]
 * [|Natalie Angier's "Searching for the Source of a Fountain of Courage"]

__Film Analysis Paper Links__
 * [|"Shaping a Life: Critical Biography: Reading and Writing Strategies" (Rutgers)]
 * [|Daniel Wallace's "Some Things Are Better Left on the Page"]

__ Paper Revision __

 * [|Purdue OWL's Guide to Proofreading]

__Research Narrative Links__
 * [|Diana Hacker's Guide to Using Sources Correctly]
 * [|Chris Wilson's "When Did Your Country's Jobs Disappear"]

__Comparison/Contrast Paper Links__
 * [|Roane State CC Comparison/Contrast Page]
 * [|"Comparison and Contrast" (Capital CC)]
 * [|This is Why an Octopus is More Awesome than Your Mom (Oatmeal)]
 * [|Suzanne Britt's "Neat People versus Sloppy People"]
 * [|Deborah Tannen's "Sex, Lies and Conversation"]
 * [|Annie Dillard's "Mirages"]
 * [|"Redneck vs Baby" (How to Be a Dad)]
 * [|Matthew Inman's "The Pros and Cons of Living with Your Significant Other"]

__Argument/Persuasion Paper Links__
 * [|"Introductions, Body Paragraphs, and Conclusions for an Argument Paper"]
 * [|Lance Morrow's "Why I Changed My Mind on the Death Penalty"]
 * [|David Foster Wallace's "On Life and Work"]
 * [|Anna Quindlen's "Uncle Sam and Aunt Samantha"]
 * [|Trip Gabriel's "Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age"]
 * [|Purdue OWL's "Common Words that Sound Alike"]

__Grammar/Punctuation Links__
 * __[|How to Use an Apostrophe (Oatmeal)]__
 * [|Literally (Oatmeal)]
 * [|How to Use a Semicolon (Oatmeal)]

__**Fall 2012 TR Comparison/Contrast Papers**__ --papers due on Tuesday, November 6; to be read and written up for workshop by the beginning of class on Thursday, November 8--
 * Lorna Bruno's "Parents": [[file:bruno comcon.rtf]]
 * Shakira Tennyson's "Good Parenting versus Bad Parenting": [[file:tennyson comcon.rtf]]
 * LaRoy Jackson's "Morning and Night: Two Sides of a Day": [[file:Jackson comcon.rtf]]

__Fall 2012 Papers__ --papers due on ; to be read and written up for workshop by the beginning of class on --
 * Paper 1