ENGL 355 Rhetoric of Style
ENGL 355 Rhetoric of Style

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Course Schedule

How To Read This Schedule: All readings will be completed before class on the date on which they are assigned. Anything in bold is work to be completed before class and brought with you on the day listed. Paper due dates, also in bold, indicate that the completed manuscript of your paper must be in the correct dropbox on eCampus before class starts on the day indicated.

Unit 1: Approaching Style

Week 1 Introduction

Tue 08/27

  • Syllabus
  • Overview of Style / Rhetoric

Thu 08/29

  • No Class Because Football

Week 2 Values and Valuation

Tue 09/03

Thu 09/05

  • Introducing First Analysis Assignment
  • PP 1&2
  • Analyze Shelley or Borges
  • Bring Notebook To Class

Week 3 Levels of Style

Tue 09/10

Thu 09/12

  • PP 3&5
  • Analyze Dyson or Burrington

Week 4 Analyzing Feeling

Tue 09/17

Thu 09/19

  • PP 4
  • Analyze Darwin or More
  • First Notebook Check

Week 5 Case Study

Tue 09/24

Thu 09/26

Unit 2: Sentence Analysis

Week 6 Basic Sentence Analysis

Tue 10/01

  • Rough Draft, Bring Copy of Whatever You Have
  • Analyze Lovecraft or Steffan

Thu 10/03

  • Basic Sentence Analysis 1
  • Paper 1 Due at 11:59PM

Week 7 More Sentence Analysis

Tue 10/08

Thu 10/10

  • Basic Sentence Analysis 3

Week 8 Sentence Modification

Tue 10/15

  • Sentence Modification 1
  • Rhetorical Style Ch 8 (PDF online)
  • Analyze A.I. Reading

Thu 10/17

  • No Class, Instructor Traveling

Week 9 More Sentence Modification

Tue 10/22

Thu 10/24

  • Sentence Modification 3

Week 10 Sentence Construction

Tue 10/29

  • Sentence Construction 1
  • PP 9
  • Rhetorical Style Ch 9 (PDF online)
  • Analyze A.I. Reading

Thu 10/31

Unit 3: Tropes & Schemes

Week 11 Tropes

Tue 11/05

  • PP 6
  • Analyze

Thu 11/07

Week 12 Scheme

Tue 11/12

  • PP 7
  • Analyze

Thu 11/14

Week 13 Exam

Tue 11/19

  • Exam Review
  • Paper 2 Overview
  • Analyze
  • Take-home Exam Distributed

Thu 11/21

  • No Class
  • Take-home Exam Due by 3:35 to LAAH 417

Week 14 Turkey

Tue 11/26

  • Paper 2
  • Outlining

Thu 11/28

No Class

Thanksgiving

Week 15 Finishing Up

Tue 12/03

  • Paper 2 Workshop
  • Second Notebook Check
  • Paper 2 Due 12/10 at 11:59PM

Thu 12/05

  • No Class, Reading Day