ENC1143_Fall 15_DePaul

ENC 1143: Introduction to Rhetoric and Narrative Course Description
Fall 2015
Satire and Scripted Sorcery
Class meeting days, times and location:
CRN81445: Monday and Wednesday 3:00 PM to 4:15 PM in Building 39 Room 4002
CRN81447: Monday and Wednesday 4:30 PM to 5:45 PM in Building 9 Room 1413
Instructor’s name: Monica Paige DePaul
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM; Friday 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Office Location: Building 8 Room 2549
Email: m.p.depaul@unf.edu
English Department Phone: (904) 620-2273
Theme of this Course
What is this course about? I don’t know, and I’m the one teaching it. What is “satire”? Who cares? Are these
questions scholars should ask? Maybe,if they’re nerds. Seriously though, this variation of Introduction to
Rhetoric and Narrative will perform a close examination of satire, the use of comedy to analyze a situation,
through the lenses of both composition theory and literary studies. We will tackle various texts both part of and
about the satire genre and apply knowledge gained to effective academic argumentation.
Florida State Mandated Student Learning Outcomes for General Education
This course works to achieve the goals outlined in the Student Outcomes for General Education
http://www.unf.edu/coas/gened/geoutcomes.html. General Education goals include (i) thinking critically, (ii)
solving problems, and (iii) expressing oneself.
Required Materials
1. This is Not a Book – This is, in fact, a book, and it will be our main textbook for class concepts.
2. Writing Matters This is writing handbook, which will also grant access to our online Connect service for
completing some assignments. The book details basic writing concepts.
3. Computer, Internet, and Microsoft Word (or equivalent) access in some reliable form. The UNF Library and the
Building 15 computer lab both offer free computer and Internet access,but be mindful of when they are open.
All work must be submitted as Microsoft Word-compatible documents. If you do not own Microsoft Word,
a full suite of Microsoft software is accessible through your UNF email service.
Course Design
ENC 1143 is divided into three content modules. Within each module you will read several scholarly texts related to critical
reading and writing, and then use those texts in completing the module’s final project. Assignments in each module include
(1) rhetorical reading notes,(2) summaries, and (3) a final project. Details for each assignment in the modules are posted on
Blackboard.
Final Grade: The following breakdown will determine yourgrade:
Rhetorical Reading Notes 7 @ 25 points each 150 points (lowest dropped)
Summaries 6 @ 50 points each 250 points (lowest dropped)
Projects
Project 1: Fan Rant 120 points
Project 2: Satire Analysis 150 points
Project 3: Satirical Analysis 150 Points
Total 320 points
Connect LearnSmart Exercises 12 sets @ 10-15 points each 120-180 points
Attendance Adjustment 30 points*
Final Exam 100 points
Participation: Annotations,in-class exercises or quizzes, homework Varies
*Attendance will also factor into other matters such as participation and expectations on various assignments.
Disclaimer: These point values are only tentative. The values of individual assignments and the total number of points
in the class are subject to change as the class progresses.

You must earn a C in this course if it is to fulfill the Gordon Rule. Modest curves and bonus points for participation may be
awarded at the end of the term. My final grading systemis adjusted for fairness to account for my nitpicky nature:
92-100% A 4.00
89-91 A- 3.67
86-88 B+ 3.33
83-85 B 3.00
80-83 B- 2.67
75-79 C+ 2.33
70-74 C 2.00
60-69 D (Fail) 1.00
59% and below F 0.00
Essay Format and Submission
 Unless otherwise stated for a particular assignment, assume that I will not accept handwritten work. All major
assignments should be typed.
 Always double space Summary and Project assignments.
 MLA documentation including in-text page citations for all outside material (regardless of whether or not it is quoted)
and a works cited listwhen appropriate
 Top, bottom, and side margins: standard one inch
 A legible font (Times New Roman, Arial, Calibri, Helvetica, etc.), 12 pt. size.
 Sufficient length is measured by a specified word count, not page count,and yes I am aware of the cheats for artificially
increasing word count and will look out for them. Exceeding or failing to meet word count will incur a penalty.
Headings and citations never contribute to word count, only written text.
 Please submit all Reading Notes, Summaries, Projects, and other electronic assignments through the Submissions
link on Blackboard. At times, either verbally or through email, I will ask you to provide additional printouts to various
assignments in class. Failure to provide such a printout may result in a negative penalty to your grade. For electronic
submissions,I ONLY accept files Microsoft Word can open and edit, including DOC, DOCX, and RTF files (PDFs
are unpredictable). Word and othersuch programs are accessible through yourUNF email and the computer labs
around campus. Pages for Mac can also save files as Word documents (select Export instead of Save).
 If you submit an unacceptable file format or fail to format the document in such a way that I can easily read it, I will ask
you to resubmit it to me via email at no penalty the first time and assign a grade of zero on any subsequent infractions.
 For specific guidelines regarding essay and summary assignments, refer to the individual prompt. Handouts
Connect
This course uses McGraw Hill’s connect service, accessible through the code available with your Writing Matters handbook.
You will have periodic exercise sets to complete related to readings from Writing Matters. These exercises are based on
completion rather than the number you get right or wrong—answering questions wrong will only make them take longer.
You will receive full credit for the assignment upon reaching the end.
Technical Difficulties
If you have trouble turning in an online assignment, LET ME KNOW VIA EMAIL IMMEDIATELY! I will usually give you
a work around or exempt the assignment. However, if you do not let me know of issues,you will receive a zero. If you know
that you will not have Internet access on the due date, turn the assignment in early, not late. If Internet, computer, or printer
access are issues,both the library (Building 12) and the Mathews Computer Lab (Building 15 Room 2101) offer free
computer/internet access and paid printer access. If electronic submission for Reading Notes, Summaries, or Projects
does not work, email it to me before it is due AND bring a printout to the next available class. No printout is needed if
the regular submission link does work.
Regarding Connect, I will not and cannot accept late submission of Connect exercises ever under any circumstances. If
something prevents you from completing an exercise set, I can only nullify the grade. I am not tech support! If you have
problems with Connect, please contact their tech support by phone at 800-331-5094 oremail through
http://mpss.mhhe.com/contact.php
Viewing Grades
To retrieve your grades for electronic assignments,please check Grade Center on Blackboard. If you need help locating or
viewing a graded file, please let me know. Instructions for how to check graded files for comments and corrections will
be available on Blackboard in the Assignments menu. READ MY COMMENTS THOROUGHLY! I will tell you
where you went wrong and how to fix it so that you will have the knowledge to not make the same mistakes again. If you

need to me to explain any comment that I have written, simply ask me. Do not fear feedback—even if you did poorly on the
assignment, my commentary is there for your benefit!
Office Hours
I will be in my office (Building 8 Room 2549) 2-2:45 PM Monday and Wednesday and 2-3:30 PM on Friday or at other
times by appointment. You may meet with me to discuss grades,progress on a paper, or general performance in the class.
You are also free to come in just to chat. Meeting with me outside of my designated office hours will require an appointment.
I do not bite, and you will neverlose points by coming to me for help.
Email
Check your UNF email multiple times per day. This is the primary way that I will communicate with you outside of our class
meetings. You may also feel free to use the “Send Email” tool on Blackboard to communicate with me at any time for any
reason.Do not send emails to me as replies to unrelated topics.These will be incorrectly sorted in my inbox, so I may miss
them. Please give emails relevant titles and always write something in the body of the message. Emails with blank subjects or
bodies may be automatically marked as spam. Failure to format emails correctly may result in an ignored message.Failure to
write emails in a professionalmanner may result in a snarky response.
Information Literacy Requirement
Students in all ENC1101/1143 sections are introduced to the library and to practice in finding and evaluating database
resources. A library instruction session foryour class is scheduled once during the term. If you miss the library orientation,
you must attend an orientation with anotherENC1101/1143 class.
Common Policies for All General Education Writing Courses
To support the best learning and teaching conditions,the Department of English has adopted a minimal number of policies
that govern all of its General Education writing courses. These policies are also posted on the Department of English websit e
(http://www.unf.edu/coas/english/)
Absences
Students are required to attend the first class meeting of courses for which they registered. Registered students not attending
the first day of the term will be dropped from this course.Students are expected to attend every class meeting, scheduled
conference, and online activity to satisfy all academic objectives of the course. Any absence will negatively affect your
performance in the class, as you are still responsible for knowing the material covered, regardless of whether or not you
showup (despite stereotypes,college is not a time to slack off). In addition, absences of 20% of class meetings or more
will result in a grade of F (six classes during this term). Absences by students who are affiliated with university-authorized
activities will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Additionally, you will lose 5 points from your Attendance Adjustment grade for every day you miss, in addition to any
participation assignments done in class on that day. You are also responsible for knowing any material covered on a
particular day, even if you miss it.
I may make exceptions, but ONLY if you can provide justification for your absence (doctor’s note, etc). You must email me
of your absence BEFORE the beginning of the class period.
I will take attendance either by calling names or passing around a sign-in sheet at the beginning of every class period. It is
your responsibility to let me know AFTER CLASS if you arrive late; otherwise you will be recorded as absent. Two tardies
(more than 10 minutes late) will count as one absence.Conferences count as a class. Attendance will be taken on our library
day.
Late Assignments
As is the case with the attendance policy, if you need an extension on an assignment,you must request and legitimately
justify any extension to an assignment’s due date before the assignment is actually due. This is the only way to turn in an
assignment late and get full credit or reduced credit, at my discretion. This policy does not apply to anything on Connect. For
late SafeAssign submissions,please email the assignment and bring me a printout because the submission link will disappear
and I will have no place to post an electronic grade.
Civility and Tolerance
The Department of English affirms the UNF Student Conduct Code (http://www.unf.edu/student-affairs/student-
handbook.html): “The Student Conduct Code is designed to promote responsible behavior for all students consistent with the

welfare of the UNF community.”
Students with Disabilities
UNF adheres to a strict non-discrimination policy. Therefore, if you have any physical or learning disability that may affect
your performance in the class,please come to me to discuss possible accommodations and please register with the UNF
Disability Resource Center (DRC) located in Building 57, Room 1500. For further information, contact the DRC by phone
(904) 620-2769, email (kwebb@unf.edu), or visit the DRC website (http://www.unf.edu/dept/disabled-services).
Safe Space
To further expand on UNF’s non-discrimination policy, this class will respect minority identities of various kinds, including
but not limited to ethnicity, gender identity, and sexual orientation. If you wish to be known by a name or pronouns
inconsistent with your legal name, please let me know, and I will do my best to accommodate. For more information on
support for various identities, here are some useful resources:
UNF LGBT Resource Center – Student Union, Building 58 East, Room 1111; (904) 620-4720; unflgbt@unf.edu
The Women’s Center – Founders Hall, Building 2, Suite 2100; (904) 620-2528; womenctr@unf.edu
UNF Counseling Center – Founders Hall, Building 2, Room 2300; (904) 620-2602
Military and Veterans Resource Center – Building 57, Suite 270; (904) 620-5131; mvrc@unf.edu
Intercultural Center for PEACE – Student Union Building 58E, First floor Suite 1001; (904) 620-2475
Writing Tutoring at the Writing Center
Location: Building 3 / Room 1201
Telephone: (904) 620–5394
URL: http://www.unf.edu/coas/english/wc.aspx
I highly encourage you to use the Writing Center’s free tutoring services. The help that they can provide can be invaluable
for anyone who may be struggling to complete the assignments for this class. Appointments can take place either face-to-face
with the tutoror online. Tutors will not write your essay for you but will offer useful guidance about how to improve your
writing. Be sure to make appointments well ahead of time because they fill up fast. I do tutor part time, so if you have an
appointment at such a time, I will redirect you to one of the other tutors.If you wish to speakto me about an assignment,go
to my office hours instead. If English is not your first language and you need help adapting to the rigors of a college
English course, the Writing Center also offers specific help for non-native speakers.
You are required to visit the Writing Center at least TWICE during the course of the term. One visit must be before
October 14 (halfway point of class)while the other must be after that date. A form will be downloadable from Blackboard
or obtainable from the Writing Center to showproof of visits.
Violation of Academic Integrity: Cheating, Fabrication, and Plagiarism
The University of North Florida’s Academic Integrity Code “expects all members of the academic community to respect the
principle of academic freedom and to behave with academic integrity” (http://www.unf.edu/student-affairs/student-
handbook.html). It is the student’s responsibility to read and understand this policy.
Students who have violated academic integrity will receive a grade reduction on the specific assignment and, in very
extreme cases, may receive an F for the course. The instructor will inform the Chair of the English Department of
violations of academic integrity.
Please Note: FERPA Policies: Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
(http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/policy.html) guarantees students and theirparents certain rights. In relation to
those rights, our course policies include the following:
(1) I cannot discuss yourgrades with you via email.
(2) I cannot discuss yourgrades and/orprogress with your parents or any third party unless you have signed a waiver of
your FERPA rights with One Stop. I will require proof that the waiver has been signed before I discuss yourgrades
or standing in the class with yourparents.
(3) If you fail the course and you are on financial aid, I am legally required to report your attendance record to the
financial aid department.
Course Description/Syllabus Disclaimer
While the course syllabus is as accurate as possible,dates are subject to change. Information in the course
description and syllabus including grading criteria, may be changed as necessary by the instructor to suit the
educational needs of the students enrolled in this course.

Syllabus ENC 1143 Fall 2015 Monica DePaul
Note: Named authors (Vonnegut, Adler, Kaling Poe, Bogel, Alexie, and Eggers but not Orwell) refer to articles in the
course reader, This is Not a Book.—All such articles require Annotations,Reading Notes, and a Summary.
“Connect” refers to adaptive exercise sets from the grammar/rhetorical handbook, Writing Matters—All Connect
assignments require the completion of online exercises. Content of assignments will be announced on Blackboard as they are
determined, based on the needs of the course.
Week 1: Introductions
Mon Aug 24 CLASS CONTENT:
Course Introduction
Syllabus
Tour of Blackboard and Connect
Tutorial of Using Connect
Wed Aug 26 CLASS CONTENT:
How to Annotate texts
How to do Rhetorical Reading Notes (RRN)
Common Assignment Policies
Satire Basics
Fri Aug 28 (no class on Friday)
DUE ONLINE BY END OF DAY:
Connect Exercise Set (check Blackboard for details)
MODULE 1: WRITING AND READING TO RIDICULE
Week 2: How to Write
Mon Aug 31 DUE INSIDE CLASS:
Annotations ofKurt Vonnegut’s “How to Write with Style”
CLASS CONTENT:
Review of Vonnegut
Rhetorical Reading Notes for Vonnegut
Wed Sept 2 CLASS CONTENT:
Summary Assignment Details
Writing Paragraphs
MLA Citations
Fri Sept 4 (no class on Friday)
Week 3: Summarize to Satirize
Mon Sept 7 LABOR DAY (University closed, no class)
Continued from Friday
Grammar/Style Expectations
Applications of Satirical Writing
Summary for Vonnegut

Week 4: How to Read to Write
Mon Sept 14 DUE INSIDE CLASS:
Annotations ofMortimer Adler’s “From How to Read a Book”
CLASS CONTENT:
Review of Adler
Rhetorical Reading Notes for Adler
Continued from Monday
Introduction to Project 1: Fan Rant
Quoting vs. Paraphrasing vs.Summarizing
Summary for Adler’s Text
Week 5: First Project
Mon Sept 21 DUE INSIDE CLASS:
Annotations ofMindy Kaling’s “Types of Women in Romantic Comedies Who Are Not Real”
CLASS CONTENT:
Thesis Statements and Argumentative Writing
Review of Mindy Kaling’s Text
Wed Sept 23 DUE INSIDE CLASS:
DRAFT of Project 1
CLASS CONTENT:
Peer Review
Essay Introductions
Essay Conclusions
Week 6: Borderline of Madness
Mon Sept 28 CLASS CONTENT:
Unfinished Project 1 Business
Project 1: Fan Rant*
*Hope you haven’t been slacking! This day is meant to be used for polishing the Project, not procrastinating. You have new
assignments due on Wednesday and have had plenty of time for the project.
MODULE 2: THE WORKINGS OF SATIRE
Wed Sept 30 DUE INSIDE CLASS:
Annotations ofEdgar Allan Poe’s “The Philosophy of Composition”
CLASS CONTENT:
Review of Poe
Rhetorical Reading Notes for Poe’s Text
Fri Oct 2 (no class on Friday)

Week 7: Poetic Patterns of Prose Parody
Mon Oct 5 CLASS CONTENT:
Coherence
Summary of Poe’s Text
Wed Oct 7 DUE INSIDE CLASS:
Annotations ofFredric V. Bogel’s “The Standard View of Satire”
CLASS CONTENT:
Review of Bogel
Rhetorical Reading Notes for Bogel’s Text
Connect Exercise Set (check Blackboard for details
Week 8: Searching for Research
Mon Oct 12 CLASS CONTENT:
Introduction to Project 2: Satire Analysis
Plagiarism Basics
Summary of Bogel’s Text
Wed Oct 14 NOTICE:
Deadline for first Writing Center visit (can—and should—occurmuch earlier)
SPECIAL CLASS:
Meet in the Library- Room 2102, 2nd floor computerized classroom
Library Orientation
Basics of Research and Citations
Week 9: Calm Before the Storm
Mon Oct 19 DUE INSIDE CLASS:
Annotations ofSelected Project 2 text
CLASS CONTENT:
Review of Project 2 readings
Conference time signups
Wed Oct 21 CONFERENCES: NO CLASS
Show up for the time of your appointment in my office, Building 8 Room 2549
DUE DURING CONFERENCE:
Draft of Project 2
Fri Oct 23 CONFERENCES: NO CLASS
Draft of Project 2
Week 10: Procrastination Station
Mon Oct 26 CONFERENCES: NO CLASS

Draft of Project 2
Common grammatical errors
Wed Oct 28 CLASS CONTENT:
Unfinished Project 2 Business
Project 2: Satire Analysis
MODULE 3: THE LIMITS OF IRREVERENCE
Week 11: Limitations of Language
Mon Nov 2 DUE INSIDE CLASS:
Annotations ofGeorge Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language”
CLASS CONTENT:
Review of Orwell
Rhetorical Reading Notes for Orwell’s Text
Wed Nov 4 CLASS CONTENT:
Introduction to Project 3: Satirical Analysis
Using Comedy for Criticism
Fri Nov 6 (no class on Friday)
Summary For Orwell
Week 12: Nothing is Sacred
Annotations ofDave Eggers’s “From A Heartwarming Act of Staggering Genius”
CLASS CONTENT:
Review of Eggers
Rhetorical Reading Notes for Eggers’s Text
Wed Nov 11 VETERANS DAY (University closed, no class)
Week 13: Mystery Text
Mon Nov 16 CLASS CONTENT:
TBD
Summary for Eggers
Wed Nov 18 TBD

Week 14: Overeating
Annotations ofSherman Alexie’s “How to Write the Great American Indian Novel”
CLASS CONTENT:
Project 3 Practice
Review of Alexie’s Text
Mystery Reading Notes (Not Alexie)
Wed Nov 25 CLASS CONTENT:
TBD
Fri Nov 27 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY (University closed, no class)
Week 15: Culmination
Draft of Project 3
CLASS CONTENT:
Peer Review
Final Exam Review
Wed Dec 2 NOTICE:
Deadline for second Writing Center visit
CLASS CONTENT:
Final Exam Review
Unfinished Business
Finals Week
Mon Dec 7 IN CLASS:
Final Exam for CRN 81445 only (3 PM)
DUE ONLINE BY END OF DAY (both classes):
Project 3: Satirical Analysis
Wed Dec 9 Final Exam for CRN 81447 only (3 PM, earlier start time)

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