Icebreaking. Syllabus overview. Description of course purposes, structure, assessment, and expectations ▪ Course Key Terms and FAQs Assignments/deadlines: Review course reading material (NEO)

Rhetoric, purpose, importance and modern applications. Reading: Corbett, pp. 29 – 33 & Booth, pp. 9 – 15. Assignments/deadlines: Read Corbett: THE RELEVANCE AND IMPORTANCE OF RHETORIC FOR OUR TIMES and prepare: • a 1-page preliminary outline • a 1-page summary NEO. Due: Feb. 22, 07:00 am

Text analysis. Reading methods. Team Work 1: Assignment 1 Peer Reviewing. Reading: Kirszner pp. 13 – 20 + Exercise 1, Ruszkiewicz, pp. 317 – 324 and Booth, pp 106 – 107.

Definition. Importance. Methods. Application in writing. Debate 1. Reading: Ruszkiewicz, pp. 420 – 423, Open University, pp. 7 – 11, Bailey, pp. 27 – 29. Booth, pp. 56 – 70. Screening and debate: https://youtu.be/LgVzm_3I-pM Is cancel culture real? | Steven Pinker | Penguin Big Questions

Outlining. Summarizing. Paraphrasing. Citations… and a Grammar reminder. Reading: Kirszner pp. 81 – 88, Ruszkiewicz, pp. 324 – 353, Bailey, pp. 44 – 69. Assignments/deadlines: In one (1) page, describe your topic proposal and create an outline. Printed for March 14

Sentence. Paragraph. Introduction. Conclusion. Reading: Bailey, pp. 77 - 81. Ruszkiewicz, pp. 354 – 361. Screening 2 (To be announced)

Principles of argument. Reasoning. Evidence. Reading: Ramage, pp. 17 – 21, & 32 – 41, Booth, pp. 114 – 123. Bailey, pp. 101 – 117. Open University, pp. 12 – 18. Assignments/deadlines: In two (2) pages, summarise the key ideas of: A. R. NYKL AND MEXICO’S PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE by Dagmar Winklerová. Describe the language of the writer: The terms, sentences and tone. NEO. Due April 4, 07:00 am

Description: Finding sources. Bibliography. Online sources. Reading: Ruszkiewicz, pp. 435 – 473, Bailey, pp. 15 – 17, & 62 – 71 + Exercise. In-class writing exercise: In one (2) pages summarise the key ideas of Scott F. Crider, The Soul of Rhetoric in the Age of Amazon. Renovatio Journal, Spring 2019, pp. 35 – 42, and make clear whether you‘re agreeing or disagreeing with what he says. https://renovatio.zaytuna.edu/article/the-soul-of-rhetoric-in-the-age-ofamazon

Description: Conventional VS Creative. Voice. Stylistic choices… but with Grammar and Vocabulary! Reading: Kirszner , pp.89 - 90, Birkenstein, 117 – 130. Assignments/deadlines: Draft #2: Extend your draft (topic proposal) to 5-7 pages including: - Past readings on your topic - Paragraphs including arguments and citations - List of new sources - MLA 9th ed. format Printed. For April 18

Description: Definition. Types (and syllabus overview). Ethical or Legal? Alternatives. Reading: Booth, pp. 201 – 207. Bailey, pp. 30 – 35. Screening (To be announced)

Description: Revising the frame. Coherence check. Grammar reminder. Arguments revision. Citations and sources check. Reading: Kirszner, p.168. Booth, pp. 208 – 2018. Birkenstein, pp. 309 – 327. In-class test

Description: Honesty. Objectivity. Humbleness… and again, Plagiarism. Reading: Corbett, pp. 277 – 282, & 302 – 312, Booth, pp. 285 – 288. Assignments/deadlines: Draft#3: Prepare the last version of your paper (7 pages minimum, 10 pages maximum): - Apply the studied rules of editing and formatting to your draft - Write your introduction and conclusion - The list of references MLA 9th ed. format NEO. Due May 7, 00:00 am. Printed copy for May 9

Class discussion and preparation for the next week. Assignments/deadlines: Prepare a PP presentation of your final paper.

Description: Presentation and Defense of Research Papers.