ENG 101 Chapter 1: Chapter1
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The mcgraw-hill guide: writing for college, writing for life. Chapter 1: writing goals and objectives for college and for life. Purpose: to explain, to inform, to persuade. Rhetoric: the use of words either spoken or written as well as visuals to achieve some goal. Once you have determined your goals, you are prepared to decide how much and what kinds of information your audience needs to know and what will be convincing to this audience. You also decide how to collect this information and how to present it in an appropriate format. This rhetorical approach applies to writing that you do in various settings- not just in the classroom. Writing in the four areas of your life (p. 2) the ability to write effective college papers is an important goal of this course and this text. Writing skills are vital not just in college, however, but also in the professional, civic, and personal parts of your life.
