3 Composition II College Credits
(PREREQUISITE: Composition I)
CLASS DAY/TIME:
Tuesdays, 1 – 1:50 PM EST, January – April (Calendar)
SYNOPSIS:
Composition II is a continuation of Composition I (a required prerequisite) and includes many similar elements:
- Classic Literature. Readings include rich, interesting, edifying, suspenseful, and humorous novels, mysteries, short stories, science fiction classics, and a play, including many students have no doubt never heard of. Students also review literary elements (theme, plot, character, setting, poetry terms, irony, symbolism, tone, and style), comparing often humanistic worldviews with a Christian view.
- Grammar & Usage. Students study usage and grammar rules and concepts (the possessive case, gerunds, serial commas and comma use, pronoun-antecedent agreement, parenthetic expressions, restrictive clauses, and non-restrictive clauses. Concepts are reinforced through regular practice worksheets.
- Vocabulary. Definitions, origins, synonyms, and use in context, also reinforced with take-home practice worksheets
- Composition. No boring essays to write! Students receive thorough corrections on their turn-in essays, with the benefit of Scott Clifton’s degree in journalism and his experience as a writer and editor. This semester students write a longer (1500-1700-word) literary analysis in MLA format, with assistance/guidance.
TEXT(S)/MATERIALS NEEDED:
Same as Composition I; Composition II is a continuation of that course.
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