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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.
ENGL 1613 with a grade of C or better
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
Mondays 8-10am
Linsey Cuti, Ph.D.
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 5
Rhetorical Comparison 30
Peer Response 10
Rhetorical Analysis 80
Prof Article Proposal 5
Annotated Bib 20
Prof Article 80
TOTAL: 258
*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) & 1-3 sources
- Rhetorical Comparison Paper: 5+ pages (or at least 1,500 words) & 4-5 sources
- Extended Research-based Paper in a Specific Style: 6+ pages (or at least 1,800 words) & 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
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. 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: Magazine Report
Week 2: Rhetorical Comparison
Week 3: Rhetorical Comparison
Week 4: Rhetorical Analysis
Week 5: Rhetorical Analysis
Week 6: Annotated Bibliography
Week 7: Professional Article
Week 8: Professional Article
College Policies, Resources and Supports
For information related to the Student Code of Conduct Policy, Withdrawal Policy, Email Policy, and Non- Attendance/Non-Participation Policy, please review the college’s Code of Campus Affairs and Regulations webpage, which can be found at catalog.kcc.edu under the Academic Regulations & Conduct Guide.
KCC offers various academic and personal resources for all students. Many services are offered virtually, as well as in person. Please visit Student Resources - Kankakee Community College to access student resources services such as:
- Clubs and organizations
- Counseling and referral services
- Office of disability services
- Student complaint policy
- Transfer services
- Tutoring services, etc.
The materials on this course are only for the use of students enrolled in this course for purposes associated with this course. Further information regarding KCC's copyright policy is available at https://kcc.libguides.com/copyright.
|Course syllabus/calendar is subject to change.