WR. 60  Rhetoric/Critical Thinking    
CRN15309      Winter 2023
 RTEC 135 5:45-7:05pm
Office Hours:
 Redmond RTEC 135 5:00-5:30pm (and by arrangement)
 jthielsen@cocc.edu
 Assignments| Syllabus

I. LINKS TO COURSE ESSENTIALS

  1. MLA class template

  2. Dictionary/Thesaurus/Encyclopedia

  3. Online Writing Lab/handbook

  4. Writing Commons Open Text

  5. Topic Exploration Page  | Brainstorming

  6. Two-Part Response | Template 

  7. Basic EssayPaper Guide

  8. Glossary Form

  9. COCC Barber Library resourceAll

  10. COCC library citing guide|

  11.  KnightCite Citation Producer | Citation Machine | Bibme

III. GENERAL NOTES supports

  1. Notes on Giving Credit

  2. Notes on Narration

  3. Notes on Story

  4. Notes on Expository

  5. Notes on Definition

  6. Notes on Description

  7. Notes on Analysis Essay

  8. Notes on Persuasive Writing

  9. Notes on Persuasion/Reasoning

  10. Notes on Argument

  11. Notes on Full Circle Writing

 II. LINKS FOR GRAMMAR and PUNCTUATION

  1. Online Writing Lab.= OWL-

  2. Basic Sentence Review  -- You Tubes

  3. Harvard College Writing Center links

  4. UNC Writing handouts

  5. Sentences: Building Complete Thoughts

  6. More on Sentence Basics

  7. Sentence Faults and Fixing Them

  8. English Verb Tenses Table-handout

  9. Capital C.C. grammar and exercises

  10. Capital C.C. on the verb "to be"

  11. CCC Contents for grammar

  12. Sentence Diagramming-wkbk

  13. Verbals: Gerunds | verbs as subjects

  14. GRAMMAR BYTES--interactive Practice

  15. Grammerly.com

  16. On Rhetoric

IV. SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH & DOCUMENTATION

  1. Research COCC Library

  2. COCC Library Citing Guides

  3. Types of periodicals/articles-Peer Reviewed, etc.

  4. ID of Credible Sources-OWL 

  5. KnightCite | Citation Producer    | Bibme | Citation Machine | easybib

  6. Signal Phrases1 | Signal Phrases 2

  7. Exercise to avoid plagiarism 

  8. MLA Tutorial animation

  9. Google Scholar  

  10. Online Etymology Dictionary

  11. Wikipedia for general information only

  12. Top Documentaries

  13. Google list of sites for "Sayings"-for title ideas
Thematic Focus: The Personal is Universal: Know Thyself
 Notes for "Personal" Focus  & E1 | Notes on Place E2 and Position Paper E3

 Essay 1  500wds MLA on some one you admire, like

like these essay show.

  1. Goldberg--Listening-essay

  2. Harden--My Old M & Hamill--2hort essays

  3. Ortiz-Cofer-- Rooms- excerpt

  4. Hughes--Salvation

  5. Wm. Kittredge--excerpt: WWII-

  6. Educated Westover - excerpt

  7. Teresa Jordan--excerpt: the bull-

 

Essay 2-- Explaining a topic related to this Oregon Region in 750wds

Resources for Essay 2

  1. Introduction to the Oregon Trail-

  2. National Park Service on OT

  3. Oregon Pioneers

  4. Oregon Trail Map 1843

  5. YouTube on Oregon Trail

  6. YouTube excerpts of Ore.Trail Diaries 

  7. Oregon Historical quarterly 1901 with NY Tribune re-prints of mid-1800s Oregon

  8. Oregon Encyclopedia re: Indians in Oregon

  9. NW Indian fisheries

  10. Wild Horses in Oregon/BLM

  11. General info. on Wild Horses in Oregon Natives or Not...

  12. Range management issues

  13. Missoula Floods Nova| NatGeo | Comet  or astroid caused?

  14. USGS on Oregon Volcanos

  15. Current Cascade Earth Changes
 Essay 2  More resources

  1. Oregon Encyclopedia Project

  2. Modoc/Klamabth

  3. Captain Jack & Modoc wars

  4. Modoc Lavabeds War

  5. AV--Wisdom of the Elders

  6. AV-- WisdomKeepers

  7. The Lushootseed Peoples of Puget Sound Country stories/traditions

  8. Issues in Oregon lifestyle--OSU

  9. John Day & Chinese Doctor

  10. Peoples of Oregon & Racism

  11. The Klan in OregonPap

  12. Oregon Blue Book - Multi-cultural History

 

Paper 3  Persuasion

Choose a topic you feel very strong about. In 800-1000wds, express your opinion and add at least 2 links to outside sources for evidence.

  1. Notes on the Persuasive/Opinion Writing

  2. Notes on Reasoning

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