Course Outcomes Outcome 1: Writing Process Students will understand and engage in writing as a process. ... Related Objectives • read a variety of texts and analyze their rhetorical situations (i.e. context, audience, and aims) • write papers with a clearly developed thesis and support designed to appeal to various audiences and contexts • read for various purposes Outcome 4: Rhetorical Strategies Students will read and write a variety of nonfiction expository and argumentative genres. Related Objectives • summarize, analyze, respond to, and evaluate pr...

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• Grade Level: High School

Introduction Academic writing is often more abstract and technical than our daily writing. ... Therefore, abstract and technical language appeals less to the common sense of readers than everyday writing. ... In a sense, writing in concrete and non- technical language will make the writing more accessible to a larger audience. ... This use of language seems particularly prominent in the writing of beginners in any field, or perhaps the awkward style and esoteric language is only the side effect of writing a Ph.D. dissertation" (Nida, 1992). ... There is certainly appreciation for writing that...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School