ENG 227 - Writing for Publication KCC AA/DL Spring

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Kapiolani Community College

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3 hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 with a grade of "C" or higher orconsent of instructor. Recommended Preparation: JOUR 205; JOUR 205L Comment: ENG 227 is offered in the Spring semester only. ENG 227 is cross-listed as JOUR 227. ENG 227 focuses on writing feature articles for publication in newspapers, magazines, the Internet, and radio. Emphasis is on developing a voice, a focus, and an appropriate structure. Interviewing techniques, research skills, and editing are also 5 stressed. Work may be published in campus and off-campus print and Internet publications or read at campus events. Upon successful completion of ENG 227, the student should be able to: Use several approaches to generate ideas for articles. Recognize and develop appropriate voice and tone. Choose the appropriate focus and approach to the subject for a selected audience and purpose. Gather information from a variety of sources including interview, observation, printed materials and internet, and evaluate its accuracy and pertinence. Know how and when to attribute information. Write the following types of articles: personality profiles, travel, investigative or in-depth features with a personal focus (commonly called the Wall Street Journal format), analogies providing scientific or technical information, narratives, reviews, informatives, humor. Use pacing, sentence ordering, parallel structure, repetition, metaphor dialogue and flashback. Document information for different kinds of publications. Edit for punctuation, grammar, word choice, appropriate style and format. Understand First Amendment rights and legal and ethical constraints in the areas of copyright, privacy, libel and obscenity. Have some familiarity with various markets for publication and standard procedures in marketing an article. Upon successful completion of any 200 level literature course the student should be able to: Consider a work of literature as a reflection of its cultural milieu and compare that milieu with his or her own. Examine a work of literature from various vantage points. Examine and analyze the various elements of a literary work. Use basic concepts and terminology particular to literary analysis. Recognize major themes in a work of literature, explore their implications, and identify their basic assumptions. Analyze structure; understand how form contributes to meaning. Show greater sensitivity to language and literary devices authors use in literature. Appreciate the artistry of literary works and become better acquainted with writers as artists. Recognize the need for literary evidence to support opinions and ideas regarding literary work. Express opinions and responses to literature clearly and effectively in writing.

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3.00

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Institution Website:

kapiolani.hawaii.edu/page/home

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(808) 734-9000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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