1. Students are expected to attend every class period.
2. Six (6) class hours of absence will be allowed for illness, unusual, or emergency situations.
3. For every absence beyond the number of allowed absences, the final grade will be lowered by 2 percentage points.
4. Missing attendance roll call will constitute one complete absence.

Roberts, Edgar V. Writing About Literature, Brief Eighth Edition. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1995.

Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye. New York: Bantam Books, 1972.

• reviewing thesis statement
  
• reviewing outline
  
• reviewing bibliography cards
  
• reviewing note cards
  
• evaluating final paper

1. The student is completely responsible for all textual and lecture material, classroom discussion, individualized assignments, and all written assignments.
2. The student must demonstrate continued competency in rhetoric and composition skills.  Instruction in this area will include classroom work and possibly work in the Personalized Learning Center (ERC-PLC).
3. NO missed genre exams or out-of-class papers will be made up.  NO EXCEPTIONS.
4. NO missed "pop" quizzes will be made up without prior approval.
5. Late papers will NOT be accepted. NO EXCEPTIONS.
6. ALL out-of-class papers MUST be typewritten, double-spaced, or computer generated. Multi-page assignments MUST be STAPLED by the student. ALL in-class handwritten work MUST be in blue or black ink. Failure to comply with any of the above will result in a failed assignment grade.
7. Final exams will NOT be returned to the student under any circumstances.
8. All graded assignments/tests MUST be reviewed within one week of the return date or they will be destroyed.
9. It is the responsibility of the student to keep track of all absences.
10. ALL assignments must be completed and submitted to pass the course; failure to submit even a single assignment will result in failure in the course.

1. When you directly quote someone else;
2. When you use someone else's ideas or opinions (unless they are common knowledge);
3. When you use someone else's examples;
4. When you cite statistics or other facts compiled by someone else;
5. When you present evidence or testimony taken from someone else's argument.

Berke, Jacqueline. Twenty Questions for the Writer. 4th edition. New York: Harcourt Brace, Jovanovich, 1985.

IF A STUDENT PLAGIARIZES, THAT STUDENT WILL RECEIVE AN "F" FOR THE ASSIGNMENT. A SECOND OCCURRENCE OF PLAGIARISM WILL RESULT IN EXPULSION FROM THE COURSE.

HOURS
M -W                              11-11:30 a.m.
Tues.                               7:30-8:00 a.m.

*All other times by appointment only*

ASSESSMENT: In paper assignments, which may include summarizing, paraphrasing, synthesizing, and Critiquing of sources, students will demonstrate their understanding of rhetorical elements of texts, focusing on how reader, writer, language, and subject matter interact. These papers will demonstrate effective use of analysis and persuasion. Students will also demonstrate their ability to apply proofreading and editing methods to their own and others' writing

ASSESSMENT: Students will conduct library searches, finding and utilizing materials from discipline - or profession-specific sources as well as those from "general" academic or public sources. Students may also conduct and report other types of primary research (surveys, experiments, interviews, naturalistic observations, etc.). The clearest evidence of these skills will be the students' production of a documented, multi-source paper.

ASSESSMENT: Students will write papers which exhibit their knowledge of various rhetorical elements of discourse, such as tone, style, structure, and semantics.

ASSESSMENT: Students will apply a standard system of documentation.

ASSESSMENT: Students will evaluate, examine and, when appropriate, support, critique, or refute arguments. Students will write papers which offer textual evidence to support their assertions.

1. State the central theme of a work of literature and relate it to the work as a whole.
2. Identify the distinguishing characteristics of the game itself.
3. Apply critical judgment and interpretation of a work of literature.
4. Evaluate unity in a particular work in relation to form and content.
5. Identify methods an author uses in delineating character; analyze the characters' functions and development in a particular work of literature.
6. Analyze use of plot through an examination of its structure and development.
7. Name the points of view, identify in a particular work, and list the advantages and disadvantages of such a point of view.
8. Evaluate the significance of the setting and title.
9. Identify and define the types of irony.
10. Identify major symbols in a piece of literature and explain their literal and symbolic significance in context.

1. Identify dramatic conventions used by playwrights in relation to the audience of their time.
2. Define the major difference between tragedy and comedy.

• consonance
• denotation
• connotation
• imagery
• sarcasm
• assonance
• foot figurative
• language
• figure of speech
• metaphor
• simile
• metonym

• symbol
• allegory
• paradox
• tone
• rhythm
• stanza
• overstatement
• fixed form
• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile
• allusion