Tuesdays 9:30-10:45am
The student will continue to develop the writing skills studied in ENGL 1613. This course is designed to prepare students to write in multiple rhetorical situations including academic and professional fields of study. To receive credit toward the IAI General Education Requirements, this course must be completed with a grade of C or better. AAS: Communications elective. IAI: C1 901R.
ENGL 1613 with a grade of C or better - Must be completed prior to taking this course.
Course Alignment
General Education Outcomes are the knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes, and behaviors that students are expected to develop as a result of their overall experiences with any aspect of the college, including courses, programs, and student services, both inside and outside of the classroom. The General Education Outcomes specifically learned in this course are:
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Responsibility
Faculty Contact Information
M/W 2:30-4:30pm, Tue 1-2pm
Linsey Cuti, Ph.D.
Office: L332, 815-802-8715
Email me in CANVAS rather than leave a voicemail.
Course Information
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Refine the writing and research skills established in ENGL 1613
- Demonstrate audience awareness when making rhetorical choices, including choices related to style, tone, and diction
- Demonstrate an awareness of rhetorical appeals in students' own texts
- Analyze the values and writing conventions of their discipline
- Create multiple pieces of formal writing which contribute to a final academic research text
- Create and share a multimodal presentation
- Rhetoric: Style, strategies, devices, tools, and appeals; relationship to audience
- Research: Credibility, integration, citation and documentation, research as inquiry, types of sources, role of research librarian
- Composition: Focus, coherence, development, grammar, spelling, and punctuation, introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions
- Reading: Engagement with texts: annotation, outlining, vocabulary; critical analysis of texts including non-fiction, academic writing
- Criticality: Intellectual empathy, originality in thought, context of social and cultural contexts, diverse viewpoints
- Multimodality: Integration of visual, textual, and oral elements; methods of engaging audience; rhetorical awareness
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Intro post & reply 5
Professional Mag Info 3
Prof Mag Report 20
Journal Info 3
Rhetorical Comparison 30
Peer Responses 20 (10 poss each)
Rhetorical Analysis 80
Prof Article Proposal 10
Annotated Bib 30
Prof Article 80
Presentation 10
TOTAL: 291
*You must complete the Rhetorical Comparison, Rhetorical Analysis, and Professional Article assignments to qualify to pass the class.
Scale: 90-100% A, 80-89% B, 70-79% C, 60-69% D.
- Article Analysis Paper: 4+ pages (or at least 1,200 words) and 1-3 sources
- Rhetorical Comparison Paper: 5+ pages (or at least 1,500 words) and 4-5 sources
- Extended Research-based Paper in a Specific Style: 6+ pages (or at least 1,800 words) and 6-7 sources
- Associated prospectus materials must also be written for this extended paper assignment. Materials may include a proposal, annotated bibliography, abstract, audience analysis, research defense, self-evaluation, etc.
- A multimodal presentation of the extended research-based paper
Liberal Arts & Sciences
Dean, Jennifer Huggins; 815-802-8484; R310; jhuggins@kcc.edu; Division Office- W102; 815-802-8700
Attendance: Please note that in accordance with the college’s Code of Campus Affairs and Regulations, the instructor has the right to record the grade of “F” for the course, reduce a student's grade, or submit an institutional withdrawal request to Admissions and Registration if a student has excessive absences as defined in the course syllabus. I will consider 3 or more absences excessive. I will be taking attendance at the start of class; in order to be counted “here,” you need to be on-time and stay the length of the class.
Plagiarism and Academic Honesty: All instances of plagiarism/cheating, deemed intentional by the instructor, may lead to immediate failure of the course with no opportunity to withdraw and will be reported to the Director of Student Success. Plagiarism/cheating includes but is not limited to:
- using artificial intelligence, like ChatGPT, to write your papers
- submitting someone else’s paper
- using published material, including materials published online, without proper attribution
- paraphrasing or quoting someone without giving credit through a signal phrase and/or parenthetical citation (even if the source is included on the Works Cited page)
- working with someone, other than a KCC tutor, to write your paper and submitting it as your own
If you are in doubt, ask me.
Minimum Requirements: Be aware that papers that fail to meet minimum requirements (such as required page length, number and types of sources, type of paper or off topic), may receive a zero. You are in college; partial work does not necessarily receive partial credit. Also note that Works Cited pages do not count toward page requirements and block quotes (quotes of four lines of text or longer) may not be used in papers. Finally, simply meeting the minimum length and source requirements does not guarantee a passing grade.
Late Work: It’s vital that you keep up with the calendar since assignments often build off of others. There are some assignments that are time sensitive and cannot be turned in late under any circumstance such as peer response and presentations. If you experience a problem that is going to cause you to submit an assignment late, email me so we can discuss.
Revisions: You will be given the opportunity to revise the Rhetorical Analysis and Professional Article assignments for a higher grade. Such revisions must include substantial revision to be considered (such as more narrowly focusing your topic or further developing major points.) Making surface-level changes (such as fixing spelling, punctuation, or grammar mistakes) isn’t considered “substantial”. If you submit a revision, be sure all changes are highlighted. Revisions can’t receive higher than a 90%.
Week 1
Tues. Jan.13: Course Overview. Review syllabus. Introductions. Canvas. Professional
magazines. Formatting.
Homework:
1)Post a paragraph in the Canvas “Majors/Careers” discussion board by 11:59pm on Tues. Jan. 13th. I’d like to hear what your chosen major is/future career and why you have chosen that major/career goal. What specifically about this field are you interested in and why? If you are undecided, choose the major/career you think you will most likely go into/would like to go into.
2) Read through the posts and find classmates that seem to have similar interests or goals as you. Introduce yourself by replying to their post and including what you feel you have in common. Because we only see each other once a week, this will help us get to know each other. Complete your replies by 11:59pm on Weds. Jan. 14th.
3) Search online for professional magazines in your field (Google your major+ “professional magazine” such as “psychology professional magazine”). I need you to gain full access to at least one; if you gain access to more, that’s great! Remember “full access” means that you can read the articles within the mag. Sometimes you can only access older issues, so always try going back a few years when picking ones to look at. Eventhough I showed you how to search for these in class, there is also a video in Canvas that shows you. Once you have gained access to a full issue of a professional magazine in your field, submit the name of the prof. magazine, the specific issue (month or season, and year), along with the link to it by 11:59pm on Thurs. Jan. 15th.
Week 2
Tues. Jan. 20: Report reminders. Academic journals and accessing them.
Homework: Professional Magazine Report due to Canvas by 11:59pm on Mon. Jan. 26th.
Week 3
Tues. Jan. 27: No Class.
Homework: Find an academic journal in your field. Submit the journal name (ie. The Journal of Sociology and 3 article titles from it and their lengths (ie. “The Influence of Gendered Emotional Relations on Gender Equality” 16 pgs) by 11:59pm on Thurs. Jan. 29th .
Week 4
Tues. Feb. 3: Rhetorical Comparison. More with MLA.
Homework: Submit Rhetorical Comparison by 11:59pm on Mon. Feb. 9th.
Week 5
Tues. Feb. 10: Rhetorical Analysis and practice. RA assignment.
Homework: Pick one article from your academic journal and fill out the Analyzing Journal Articles handout. Bring to class on Tues. the 17th.
Week 6
Tues. Feb. 17: Review RA Assignment. MLA Reminders. Discuss peer response.
Homework: Get started on Rhetorical Analysis.
Week 7
Tues. Feb. 24: Flex Day.
Homework: Bring a complete, typed draft of your Rhetorical Analysis and 2 peer response questions for peer response on Tues. Mar. 3rd.
Week 8
Tues. Mar. 3: Rhetorical Analysis peer response.
Homework: Submit Rhetorical Analysis by 11:59pm on Fri. Mar. 6th.
Week 9: Spring Break!
Week 10
Tues. Mar. 17: Interests inventory. Group work. From Interests to Prof Article.
Homework: Complete From Interests to Professional Article worksheet. Bring to class the 24th.
Week 11
Tues. Mar. 24: Professional Article and Annotated Bibliography.
Homework: Submit Professional Article Proposals by 11:59pm on Fri. Mar. 27th.
Week 12
Tues. Mar. 31: Review Prof Article and Ann Bib expectations. MLA Reminders.
Homework: Submit Annotated Bibliography by 11:59pm on Thurs. Apr. 9th.
Week 13
Tues. Apr. 7: Flex Day.
Homework: Work on Professional Article.
Week 14
Tues. Apr. 14: Presentation instructions. Consultations.
Homework: Bring a complete, typed draft of your Professional Article and 2 peer response questions on Tues. Apr. 21st.
Week 15
Tues. Apr. 21: Professional Article peer response.
Homework:
- Submit Professional Article by 11:59pm on Thurs. Apr. 23rd.
- Prepare presentation.
Week 16
Tues. Apr. 28: Presentations.
Week 17
Tues. May 5: Presentations.
College Policies, Resources and Supports
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|Course syllabus/calendar is subject to change.