The introductory presentation for ENGL 191: Introduction to Rhetorical and Analytical Writing at St. Cloud State University.

2. WELCOME!
• Course Overview
• Review Syllabus
• Introductions
• Writing Activity
• Reading Strategies
• Assign Reading

3. GOALS OF ENGL 191
• discern different situations, aims, and purposes in writing
• use different modes of inquiry, development, and presentation in
writing
• modulate their written voices, diction, and style according to
different rhetorical situations
• edit your own writing for grammatical correctness and appropriate
usage
• develop in writing points, judgments, and critical perspectives
coherently with appropriate support and evidence
• respond to, evaluate, and revise your own and others’ writing

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You will also develop your ability to engage critically
with various kinds of discourse, texts, and
information, learning
• to describe, summarize, and analyze discourse,
texts, and information accurately
• to develop critical strategies for researching,
evaluating, interpreting, and documenting various
discourse, texts, and information
• to use researched material for support and
evidence in analytical and rhetorical writing

5. COURSE OVERVIEW
From antiquity to present, either in the form of stories,
poems, art, history, or religion, we have represented and
sought to understand a crucial stage of human existence:
death.
• How do we perceive death as an inevitable human
process?
• How do we understand this process?
• How do we respond to death and overcome the loss of
our friends and loved ones?

6. COURSE OVERVIEW
• A study of death encourages critical study of
life itself and elicits questions of value,
morality, and ethics. In this course, death will
be investigated in depth to illuminate
meaningful course discussions, assignments,
and activities.

7. COURSE OVERVIEW
• Our world changes rapidly, including the
way in which we read, write, and
communicate. Whether through literature,
film, or video games, media continue to
represent an onslaught of images of death.

8. COURSE OVERVIEW
• In addition to how death is
portrayed, represented, and executed in
cultural artifacts, the relationship between
death and written communication will also
be explored.
• You will be challenged to write and interpret
texts for a variety of rhetorical
situations, audiences, and purposes.

9. COURSE OVERVIEW
• Most importantly, however, this course will
guide you in developing rhetorical and
analytical skills transferable to academic
discourse, communication in the
workplace, and success as active participants
in a global society.

10. REQUIRED TEXTS
• Aaron, Jane. LB Brief: The Little, Brown Handbook, Brief
Version. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson
Education, 2011. Print.
• Johnson-Sheehan, Richard, and Charles Paine. Writing
Today: Custom Edition for St. Cloud State University. 2nd
ed. Boston: Pearson Education, 2013. Print.
• Survive & Thrive: Start with the heart. Ed. by Rex Veeder.
Southlake, TX: Fountainhead Press, 2012. Print.
• Writer’s Guide to Composition : How to build community
and get writing done. Ed. by Rex Veeder. Southlake, TX:
Fountainhead Press, 2012. Print.

12. ASSIGNMENTS
• Click here to view the assignment sequence
for this course.