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Composition II (ENC 1102) introduces students to the field of rhetoric and provides students with an opportunity to analyze, research and compose arguments.​ Like ENC 1101, Composition II is designed to improve students' academic writing, research, information literacy, and critical thinking abilities. While ENC 1101 focuses on historiogaphy as an approach toward inquiry, Composition II focuses more on ways writers gain "agency" via argument, negotiation, and reasoning. 

We focus on "agency" as a theme because effective writing is a form of power. To have an impact on their readers and positively influence the world, writers need to be able to cogently discuss complicated matters, advocate necessary changes, negotiate differences, and construct proposals for change. In academic contexts, writers gain agency by understanding the elements of effective argument and negotiation. Writers gain agency by understanding the needs and concerns of their audiences and by following the conventions for conducting inquiry and citing sources. Agency in this sense also indicates knowledge of available resources and the acquired ability to find, analyze, and integrate these resources into our communication tasks. In academic contexts, agency is not always political or personal--though it can be. For example, in the sciences or social sciences, writers can gain agency by writing a convincing argument about a chemical, biological, physical process. Writers can gain agency in the humanities by helping disputing parties negotiate conflicting interpretations of something.
 
To help students gain agency as academic authors, the major projects in 1102 emphasize analyzing arguments from a rhetorical perspective, developing arguments and negotiating differences, and using writing to effect change. Throughout the course of 1102, students will write three major projects; receive feedback at least once by their peers for each major project; and conference twice with their instructor on a one-on-one basis.

​​ Projects and Documents
 

 ENC 1102 Major Projects

 
 Project 1
 Project 2
 Project 3
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 1102 Recurring Assignments

 
 Homework
 Conferences
 

 1102 Secondary Assignments

 
 First-Day Diagnostic Essay
 MLA Quiz
 ENC 1102 Plagiarism Quiz
 

 1102 Documents

 
 Classroom Policies Agreement
 Learning Outcomes






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Assessment
Students receive their teacher's feedback on their writing and grades via My Reviewers, a web-based, document markup, peer review, and assessment tool: http://myreviewers.usf.edu.

Focus, organization, evidence, style, and format -- these are the criteria that are used to assess student work in ENC 1102.

 

 My Reviewers User Instructions

 
TypeUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
  
NameUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
  
Brochure.pdfBrochure
Student.pdfStudent
Gen Ed Instructor.pdfGen Ed Instructor
Instructor.pdfInstructor
Administrator.pdfAdministrator
Rubric.pdfRubric
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 My Reviewers Video Series

 
 Focus
 Organization
 Evidence
 Style
 Format


 
 
 
Readings and Resources
 
 

 1102 Research Resources

 
 Library "Best Bets" and Project Specific Resources
 1102 Research Resources by Topic
 Crowd-Sourced Research Tips from Students
 
 

 1102 Supplemental Readings

 
 Lloyd Bitzer's "The Rhetorical Situation"
 Common Comments: Living Feedback that Inspires Uncommonly Good Revision