This course examines rhetoric as the art of finding and analyzing all the choices involving language that a writer might make in a situation so that the text becomes meaningful, purposeful, and effective for readers. Through adaptation and emulation, we will seek to improve our own language.

You will become mature and sophisticated consumers and creators of a variety of texts.

This course is designed to help you write effectively and confidently in college courses, as well as in your professional and personal lives. You should expect to discuss some aspect of writing or the writing process every lesson.

There will be a lot of material to study this year, so it is very important that you keep up with the course of study. If you find it difficult to keep up or are not sure about what is going on, please don’t hesitate to ask your fellow students for help, or you reach out to your teacher.