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Your colleague ipl37 wrote a dandy of a first sentence for the A02 assignment. The essay While high-tech car enthusiasts like me want to believe John R. Quain, whose September 12 article, “4G Wireless in the Car: Speeding with Impunity,” … Continue reading →

A Good Sentence Core Values Not Because Exercise Editorial Study Editorial Assignment

Editorial on a Specific Timely Topic Continuing the serious business of the course, I’m assigning you another very specific type of persuasive writing, the Editorial. Again, I am not trying to turn you into journalists. If I were, I would … Continue reading →

Backsliding on Nuclear Promises By THE EDITORIAL BOARD, SEPT. 22, 2014 For much of the past six years, President Obama has talked about working toward a world without nuclear weapons. Yet his administration is now investing tens of billions of … Continue reading →

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Sentences that follow a negative verb with because create confusion for readers. I don’t love you because you’re beautiful. No man can safely say this to his girlfriend because she hears the negation first and doesn’t listen to anything else … Continue reading →

Week 1 Writing is Argument Unit. All writing is argument. Components of a Letter to the Editor. Engagement with audience. Writing for a purpose: getting published, expressing a different opinion, setting the record straight, persuading opinion, rallying supporters, recommending a … Continue reading →

Week 1 Writing is Argument Unit. All writing is argument. Components of a Letter to the Editor. Engagement with audience. Writing for a purpose: getting published, expressing a different opinion, setting the record straight, persuading opinion, rallying supporters, recommending a … Continue reading →

Core Values An important component of the Course Syllabus Rowan’s First-Year Writing Program ascribes to the following Core Values. At semester’s end, you’ll write a Reflective Statement describing the many ways you have achieved these values throughout the course. Start … Continue reading →

Text Contact (856) 979-6653 email davidbdale@comcast.net or hodges@rowan.edu Update Class Notes Professor Conferences Uncategorized Course Outline Syllabus Bottom-line Grammar Exercise Homework Assignment: Editorial Exercise MW