composition

English Composition 1
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Reading materials 1. How you ask 2. Red light	Useful websites OWL Resources for Writers Rensslaer Writing Center Handouts Kaplan Study Skill Harvard Writing Center Writer's Handbook, Wisconsin U. Drew's Scripts-O-Rama Writing Center, U. of North Carolina Dave's ELS Cafe Dartmouth Writing Program The Writer's Workshop Online Resources (U of Illinois) The On-line Books Page The good, the bad, and the ugly Seven steps to effective library research The Seven Steps of the Research Process Style guides Britanica HighBeam Encyclopedia Plagiarism Plagiarism (articles)	Materials for critical thinking logical fallacy illustration comparison classification causality argumentation metaphor simile and irony argumentation spaceship Lifeboat Handgun	Grammar Punctuation Verbtypes Verbpatterns Tense and Aspect Blog links Liu's blog