ENGL 151- 04 and 06, Critical Reading, Thinking and Writing, Fall 2005

Abstract

The practical goal of this course is to improve your skill as a writer of college-level English. Over the next sixteen weeks we will read, write and revise intensively, exploring the various phases of the writing process and examining a wide range of challenging texts. We will focus on summarizing arguments and principles of writing and revision, simultaneously sharpening our skills of rhetorical analysis through class discussion, reading and written response. Critical thinking, as this course makes clear, is not something that exists prior to writing, nor can it simply be translated into prose. Rather, good writing is critical thinking: a practice in which ideas and beliefs are expressed, refined, tested and realized.