English 1101: Argument and Interpretation

Syllabus and Assignments:

Syllabus

Schedule of Assignments

Essay Assignments:

Summary

Interpretation

Compare and Contrast

Film Review

Personal Narrative

Revision

Sample Papers:

Personal Narrative 1

Personal Narrative 2

Summary and Interpretation

Compare and Contrast

Classification

Regents’ Essay

In-class Writing Lessons and Handouts:

Regents Essay Class Packet

Paragraph Composition and Unity

Coordination

Parallelism

Sentence Variety

Writing with Sources Overview

How to Summarize

How to Quote

How to Paraphrase

How to Avoid Plagiarism

How to Write Introductions

How to Write Conclusions

The Rules of Comma Usage

Fixing Sentences with Introductory Phrases

Fixing Sentences with Coordinating Conjunctions

Punctuation Quiz

Do it yourself comma quiz

Comma quiz answer key

Fixing Comma Splices

Identifying Run-on Sentences

Fixing Run-on Sentences

Identifying Sentence Fragments

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