In this course, you will learn how to write effectively for a variety of audiences and in a variety of forms so that you will be better prepared to identify and work across the writing contexts that you’ll encounter in your college courses and, even, outside of them (e.g., in your job). You will learn to identify and effectively address an audience, to conduct research and engage with source material, as well as planning and revision strategies. To offer you a way into these processes and to deepen your relationship to them, you will be asked to choose a major sociopolitical issue to explore in a variety of exercises (written and verbal).
We will explore composition as a “gamified” process to tackle these issues (and maybe others) using tactical writing “moves” that are rhetorically effective, and common across all disciplines. At the same time, we will gain an improved understanding that writing is as much about producing a successful argument in a conversation with other authors, as it is about reducing errors in the writing process.