The content, assignments, and assessments for English Composition II: Rhetorical Methods–Based are aligned to the following learning outcomes.

• Create and share a completed Google Doc, using Google Drive, with editing enabled
• Use the discussion forum to make an original post and submit replies to other students
• Identify research types
• Demonstrate the difference between a “homework” question and a “research” question
• Identify the thesis of an assigned reading for summary purposes
• Demonstrate “reading to write effectively” skills
• Brainstorm potential topics appropriate for this course’s assignment.
• Use initial research to answer preliminary questions (“homework questions”) you have about a topic.
• Draft a working thesis statement on a topic of your choice.
• Analyze a source pertaining to your chosen topic.
• Formulate initial thesis statement for your own persuasive essay
• Punctuate material that appears inside quotation marks in a source correctly, when using it in your own writing
• Identify potential bias within a source
• Compare a source’s thesis to your own working research project thesis
• Provide an in-depth evaluation of a potential source for your research project
• Recognize differences between APA & MLA citation styles
• Brainstorm content, sources, and organizational ideas for your research project
• Analyze potential audiences for a project and select an appropriate one
• Write a rough draft of your research essay
• Cite a variety of sources in polished MLA format
• Annotate your citations with brief paragraphs defining the relative value of a source to your own research goals
• Articulate a list of arguments supporting your side of a thesis, and anticipate opposition coming from opponents
• Draft a detailed outline of a research project
• Complete a draft of your essay that’s ready to share with peers for their input
• Complete a Post Draft outline of your Research project, and use it to assess what structural changes should be made to your draft
• Provide peer review evaluation for members of your peer group
• Use peer review feedback on your own work to help guide revision
• Detect and evaluate non-argumentative persuasive techniques—rhetorical devices such as irony, satire, anecdotal evidence, flattery and analogies, and logical fallacies—used to sway readers’ emotions.
• Use library research skills in electronic, print, and other sources to gather support for arguments.
• Recognize that different academic disciplines may rely on different kinds of arguments and assess what types of argument and evidence are appropriate for different fields of knowledge.
• Write arguments appropriate to audience, occasion and discipline.