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College Composition I: Persuasive Writing (Eng 110) City As Classroom Project Report, Craig Franson Phd
College Composition I: Persuasive Writing (Eng 110) City As Classroom Project Report, Craig Franson Phd
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ENG 110 introduces students to rhetorical analysis and argument, while helping students to improve their writing skills and to develop their writing process. Students learn to read critically from a variety of texts, disciplines, and media. They also learn to synthesize texts to develop original arguments aimed at an academic audience. Grounded in ethical inquiry and reasoned debate, the course prompts students to use writing to make meaningful connections between and among their academic, social, and political lives.
This project tested the effectiveness of grounding a process-‐based, argumentative paper in a visit to a Philadelphia civic institution. In ENG 110, …