The write course : an introduction to college composition /

Thirty half-hour programs teach English composition and rhetoric from a "process" point of view. Emphasis is on audience awareness and purpose for writing. Dramatizations and mini-documentaries are used.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Dallas County Community College District, Annenberg/CPB Project
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, CA : Annenberg/CPB Project, [1984]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1-2. The beginning. Why write
  • 3-4. The writing process. The audience
  • 5-6. Audience and style. Discovering ideas
  • 7-8. The drama of thinking. Sharpening the focus
  • 9-10. Structuring the topic. Beginning and ending
  • 11-12. Developing form. Narration and description
  • 13-14. Process and analysis. Definition
  • 15-16. Argumentation. Paragraph patterns
  • 17-18. Sentence patterns. Sentence strategy
  • 19-20. Words and meanings. Word strategy
  • 21-22. Revision strategies. Using the writers tools
  • 23-24. Discovering the library. Writing a research paper
  • 25-26. Writing about books. The essay test
  • 27-28. Writing at work. Report and proposal writing
  • 29-30. Style. New directions.