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Advanced Composition
Table of Contents
Ashleigh Severson
Introduction
Collette Bliss and Ashleigh Severson
How to Use this Textbook
Unit 1 Introduction
Collette Bliss
1. What is a Discourse Community?
Tracy L.F. Worley, DM PMP
2. Discourse and Discourse Community
Christian J. Pulver
3. Identifying your Discourse Community
Unit 1 Conclusion
Unit 2 Introduction
4. Multimodality
Cara Miller
5. Writing the Genres of the Web
6. Basic Design Principles
7. Accessibility and Inclusion
Unit 2 Conclusion
Unit 3 Introduction
8. Purpose of Narration
Andrew Stracuzzi and André Cormier
9. Writing a Narrative
Shelly Rodrigue
10. Podcast Scripting, Opens, Bumpers, Endings
Jill Olmsted
Unit 3 Conclusion
Unit 4 Introduction
11. What is Argumentation?
Wanda M. Waller
12. Rhetoric of Argumentation
Terri Pantuso
13. Basic Structure and Content of Argument
Amanda Lloyd; Emilie Zickel; Robin Jeffrey; and Terri Pantuso
14. Understanding and Composing Researched Arguments
Cynthia Kiefer and Serene Rock
15. Failures in Evidence: When “Lots of Quotes” Can’t Save a Paper
Emilie Zickel
Unit 4 Conclusion
Self-Reflection: Midterm/Final Assessment
Self-Reflection Introduction
16. Reflective Writing
17. Back to Basics: The Perfect Paragraph
Amy Guptill
18. Citations and Attributions
Dahliani Reynolds
19. Clarity and Concision
20. Drafting
21. Effective Thesis Statements
Kirk Fontenot; Shelly Rodrigue; Wanda M. Waller; and Will Rogers
22. Intros and Outros
23. Listening to Sources, Talking to Sources
24. Narrative Essay Examples
25. Outlining
26. Persuasive Essay Examples
27. Prewriting Models
28. Research and Finding Credible Sources
29. Revising and Editing
30. Rhetoric
Mel A. Topf
31. Rhetorical Situation, Exigence, and Kairos
Kate Mele
32. Writing from Start to Finish
Robin Jeffrey
33. Unit 1: On Students Choosing Discourse Communities
34. Unit 2: On Chapter Lengths and Multimodal Expectations
Unit 3: On Creative Exercises in Storytelling
Unit 4: On Presenting Arguments
University of Arkansas Pressbooks, 2024
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