EPGY English Language and Composition E001

First Quarter (E001A)
  • Critical Reading
  • Writing Strategies
  • Modes of Discourse
  • Tone, Diction, Word Order, and Clarity
  • Paragraph and Essay Writing
Second Quarter (E001B)
  • Causal Analysis
  • Constructing and Analyzing Arguments
  • Warrants
  • Appeals to Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
  • Advanced Rhetorical Devices
Third Quarter (E001C)
  • Advanced Placement Exam Preparation
  • Textual Analysis
  • Texts of Various Periods on the Exam
  • More on Analysis and Generation of Persuasive Writing
  • AP Essay Scoring Guidelines
  • The Personal Experience Essay and Short Quote Prompts
  • Strategies for Answering Multiple Choice Questions


The EPGY English Language and Composition Course prepares experienced writing students to take the Advanced Placement examination in that topic. The course concentrates on critical reading, analysis of rhetoric, and analysis and construction of argument. Each quarter may be taken as a separate course, but for students wishing to take the AP exam the full three-quarter sequence is strongly recommended. Placement into these courses is contingent on review of a student writing sample.

Lectures

The course is divided into several lessons, where new concepts are introduced through lectures presented as graphics accompanied by digitized sound. During or after each lecture, students are given questions and short weekly assignments that complement and extend the concepts covered in the lecture. These assignments are turned in each week to the course instructor.


A sample lecture from the English Language and Composition course.

Virtual Classroom Sessions

Students meet with instructors both as a group and individually to receive further writing instruction. Virtual Classroom sessions form an integral part of the course by allowing synchronous discussion of questions and ideas. Students and instructors view a common whiteboard display and speak to each other using Internet video and audio feeds.

Essay Critique and Revision

Tutors also provide detailed comments on weekly student exercises, and may require students to go through multiple revisions of a single essay. Students receive the tutor's comments electronically.

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