We then had a lively question that delved into ways women composition students both resisted at at times reinforced sexist, heteronormative scripts in their writing; about how many of Hughey’s ...

First-year composition students produce book of essays First-year students in a required English composition class at the University of Delaware have gone far beyond the basic description of the ...

The teaching of writing happens — or should — within a deep field of practice, theory, and research. It’s also an enterprise marked by a fair amount of what Steve North, in a 1987 book, The ...

The two required composition courses fulfill the writing portion of General Education 10: Basic Communication. The Composition Course Sequence. The first course in the sequence, CPN 100: Writing ...

Tanya Long Bennett, Ph.D. In the age of Buzzfeeds, hashtags, and Tweets, students are increasingly favoring conversational writing and regarding academic writing as less pertinent in their personal ...

Today is the National Day on Writing, a tribute founded by the National Council of Teachers of English in 2009 “to celebrate composition in all its forms.” This year, the virtual community on ...

Opinion writing is a matter of taste, but I think the D.C. Circuit’s recent opinion in Jarkesy v. SEC is a fine example of excellent legal writing. The issue in the case is whether a person ...

Welcome to Freshman Composition at UAB! Our first year composition courses are designed to promote your success as a writer both inside and outside of the classroom. Our small, hands-on classrooms ...

I refer, of course, to first-year composition, the introductory writing course required at many public and private institutions. To some, this may seem counterintuitive. First-year composition — also ...

1 Appraise major theoretical concepts and concerns in the field of rhetoric and composition.; 2 Evaluate theories of rhetoric and composition in relation to classroom practice.; 3 Critically evaluate ...