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3.00 Credits
3 class hours This course will prepare students for the rigors of College Composition ENG101 and other advanced writing courses. The course will provide a review of the fundamentals of college level reading and writing, with the primary emphasis on the writing process, grammar, usage, and style.
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3.00 Credits
3 class hours This course provides a study of rhetoric - the art of using writing to produce a desired effect on the reader in conjunction with appropriate reading selections and frequent writing assignments. A study of information literacy leads to the culminating activity- a fully documented research project in MLA style. Prerequisite: ENG 100 or ENG 108 passed with a C or better or satisfactory scores on the reading and writing placement tests. The successful student will have basic skills in keyboarding and electronic document editing.
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3.00 Credits
3 class hours This oral communication course offers experience in the selection and organization of speech content, audience analysis, and delivery. Classroom experience emphasizes preparation and delivery of informative and persuasive speeches, as well as other types of oral presentations.
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3.00 Credits
This course offers students the basics of oral and written communications commonly used in industry. Topics include the following: theory of communication, varied forms of business correspondence, and the practice of job procurement skills. Students will sharpen their verbal and non-verbal communications skills through self-evaluation, technical document writing, job search, resume/cover letter writing, 122 Washington County Community College and job interview practice. The successful student will demonstrate a working knowledge of English grammar while they learn basic skills in keyboarding and electronic document editing.
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3.00 Credits
3 class hours This writing-intensive class for beginning fiction writers will be run as a workshop. This means that the student writing will be at the center of the class at all times. Additionally, students will read several works of contemporary fiction and discuss them in class. Students will write two short stories over the course of the semester, and will substantially re-write one of those stories. These stories will be shared with and critiqued by the other members of the class. Class time will also be spent on spontaneous writing exercises and discussions about the elements of fiction.
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3.00 Credits
3 class hours Emphasis will be placed on creating a language environment that encourages children to develop an interest in reading and literature. Experiences will include development of reading centers, storytelling, creative dramatics, poetry, finger plays, puppetry, and the evaluation, selection and presentation of age-appropriate reading materials. Students will learn how to encourage and enhance verbal and nonverbal skills by creating an interactive and communication-rich environment filled with oral and written resources.
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3.00 Credits
3 class hours This course varies each semester. It focuses on a given author, literary genre or motif. Each course will study a variety of representative works of literature on the special topic. Some of the topics have included Shakespeare, Mark Twain, King Arthur, and Maine poetry. Students can take multiple versions of this course for credit because the topics differ.
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3.00 Credits
3 class hours This course focuses on the mechanics of poetry, such as imagery, metaphor and rhythm, while considering the following questions: Why are poems written? Why are they read? Why are certain poems read for centuries?
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on Shakespeare, the working playwright, whose work has remained in production for 400 years because it appeals to everyone-not just scholars and philosophers. The class will study five plays as actors do: by listening to professional recordings of performances while following along with print texts. A discussion session following each listening/reading experience will examine the people, the actions, and the ideas of the plays with an emphasis on the similarities between Shakespeare's world and our own. Students will respond to the plays with discussions and informal presentations. Students will read one of the Shakespeare 1-800-210-6932 123 biographies and participate in a discussion concerning his life and the differing views of it presented by the biographers. No special background in Shakespeare is necessary. Students must come to the class with a willingness to open themselves to the Shakespearean experience.
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3.00 Credits
3 class hours This course will review four of the 5th century Athenian playwrights: Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus, and Aristophanes and their contributions to Greek culture, civilization and literature as well as their contributions to modern theater. Students will explore such themes as: the use of myth in literature; the social and religious importance of choral poetry and theater; the architecture and theory of classical theater; and the struggle of translating ancient Greek drama for the modern reader.
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