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ENC 1101.1661/1665
Fall 1997
ATTENTION!
  • BEFORE YOU DO AN ASSIGNMENT, read the entire assignment notice first! This may keep you from needlessly doubling your workload.
  • Assignments marked *Proposed* are NOT FINALIZED -- they may be amended according to the needs of the class. If not marked *Proposed*, then assignments can be considered finalized.

    Assignment for Monday, 10 November 1997

  • READ/ANNOTATE/RESPOND TO paper handout, "The Fine Art of Baloney Detection" by Carl Sagan; PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO the list of logical fallacies, pp.213-216.

    Assignment for Wednesday, 12 November 1997

  • SEE WEB HANDOUT on colons (after Thursday, 6 November)

    Assignment for Friday, 14 November 1997

  • READ (and I mean READ -- carefully, this time)/ANNOTATE/RESPOND TO paper handout, "Homicidal homosexual" by Harry Crowley (from Advocate magazine).

    Assignment for Monday, 17 November 1997

  • Begin thinking about your topic for paper #3. WRITE UP a short proposal for your paper, providing
    1. your proposed topic
    2. your proposed approach (i.e. if it's an ARGUMENT, what are you arguing for/against, and why; if it's to REVEAL/EXPOSE, what are you revealing/exposing and why; etc.)
    3. your personal investment in your topic (how does it touch you or involve you? how self-serving is it?)
    4. what you think others' investment(s) might be (what does your discussion do for other people? how does/could it help others?)
    5. what you think the broader ramifications of your discussion might be (how does/could such a project affect people or society?)
  • we will have an in-class reading on Monday, focusing on clarity.

    Assignment for Wedneasday, 19 November 1997

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    Assignment for Friday, 21 November 1997

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    Assignment for Monday, 24 November 1997

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    Assignment for Wednesday, 26 November 1997

  • First draft of essay #3 due

    Assignment for Monday, 1 December 1997

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    Assignment for Wednesday, 3 December 1997

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    Assignment for friday, 5 December 1997

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    Assignment for Monday, 8 December 1997

  • Final draft of essay #3 due.

    Assignment for Wednesday, 10 December 1997

  • LAST CLASS!! t.b.a. (probably in-class "final exam" of sorts)

    DURING EXAM WEEK

  • final draft of paper #4 (rewrite of lowest-graded assignment) due in my mailbox (date/time to be finalized after discussion with all of you)
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