Maricopa Community Colleges  ENG218   19912-19945 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 11/27/90
ENG218 19912-19945 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Writing About Literature
Advanced writing course requiring analytical and expository essays about fiction, poetry, and drama. Prerequisites: ENG102 or ENG105.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
ENG218   19912-19945 Writing About Literature
1. Read, critically analyze, and interpret fiction. (I.A)
2. Respond to a work of fiction in informal writing, such as a journal. (I.B)
3. Analyze in both discussion and writing the rhetorical strategies and literary elements of work of fiction. (I)
4. Read, critically analyze, and interpret a poem. (II.A)
5. Respond to a poem in informal writing, such as a journal. (II.B)
6. Analyze in both discussion and writing the rhetorical strategies and literary elements of a poem. (II)
7. Read, critically analyze, and interpret a play. (III.A)
8. Respond to the next of a play in informal writing, such as a journal. (III.B)
9. Analyze in both discussion and writing the rhetorical strategies and literary elements of a dramatic text. (III.B)
10. Use peer critiquing skillfully as a technique for giving, receiving, and applying feedback in order to revise writing. (I, II, III)
11. Use writing to enahce critical thinking skills in examining ideas and issues in fiction, poetry, and drama. (I, II, III)
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ENG218   19912-19945 Writing About Literature
    I. Fiction
        A. Reading and critically analyzing fiction
          1. Techniques for analyzing
          2. Techniques for interpreting
        B. Writing about a fictional work
          1. Informal (journal, etc.): responding to what is read
          2. Formal essay
            a. Analyzing rhetorical strategies
          1. Use of language
          2. Arrangement of content
          3. Sentence and paragraph strategies
          4. Logic
          5. Style
            b. Analyzing elements
          1. Theme
          2. Structure
          3. Point of view
          4. Characterization
          5. Setting
          6. Imagery
          7. Tone
          8. Symbolism
            c. Integrating resource material
          3. Revising the essay
            a. Peer critiquing
            b. Final editing
      II. Poetry
          A. Reading and critically analyzing poetry
            1. Techniques for analyzing
            2. Techniques for interpreting
          B. Writing about a poem
            1. Informal (journal, etc.): responding to what is read
            2. Formal essay
              a. Analyzing rhetorical strategies
            1. Use of language
            2. Arrangement of content
            3. Rhetorical situation (if applicable)
              b. Analyzing elements
            1. Theme
            2. Structure
            3. Characterization
            4. Setting
            5. Diction
            6. Tone
            7. Imagery
            8. Symbolism
            9. Poetic form
            10. Rhyme scheme
              c. Integrating resource material
            3. Revising the essay
              a. Peer critiquing
              b. Final editing
        III. Drama
            A. Reading and critically analyzing a play
              1. Techniques for analyzing
              2. Techniques for interpreting
            B. Writing about a dramatic work
              1. Informal (journal, etc): responding to what is read
              2. Formal essay
                a. Analyzing rhetorical strategies
              1. Use of language
              2. Arrangement of content
                b. Analyzing elements
              1. Theme
              2. Structure
              3. Characterization
              4. Setting
              5. Symbolism
              6. Tone
              7. Imagery
                c. Integrating resource material
              3. Revising the essay
                a. Peer critiquing
                b. Final editing
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