English Composition II

This course engages you in learning in argumentation and research studies, which will help you to identify, analyze, evaluate, and write logically sound arguments.

What you’ll learn

  • Present well-supported writing using rhetorical techniques
  • Identify and respond effectively to a range of audiences
  • Identify valid issues for scholarly research
  • Learn to write for an academic audience through tone, word choice, and sentence patterns
English Composition II

$79

Plus membership

3 Credits

All courses include:

eTextbooks

2 to 3-day turnaround for grading

Multiple chances to improve your grade

On-demand tutoring & writing center

Student support 7 days a week

$79

Plus membership

3 Credits

All courses include:

eTextbooks

2 to 3-day turnaround for grading

Multiple chances to improve your grade

On-demand tutoring & writing center

Student support 7 days a week

English Composition II

$79

Plus membership

3 Credits

About This Course

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ACE Approved 2022

English Composition II engages you in argumentation and research studies. Learn to identify, critically read, analyze and evaluate, and write arguments using logical and rhetorical techniques. English Composition II gives you the ability to construct claim-driven academic essays, synthesizing and incorporating researched sources and formal documentation. Throughout this online course, you will gain the ability to argue successfully in writing for an academic audience as well as how to employ effective tone, word choice, and sentence patterns.

Course Outcomes

Write a multiple-page essay and supportive documents that demonstrate critical thinking—including an 6-8-page research paper—that meets collegelevel standards for content, organization, style, grammar, mechanics, and format.

Write effective, sound, well-supported arguments using a variety of rhetorical techniques.

Manage the research and writing process effectively and show evidence of planning for research project methods and resource use.

Identify and respond effectively to a range of audiences in written feedback.

Formulate a thesis or central claim to anchor development of an argument appropriate to audience and purpose.

Identify valid issues for scholarly research.

Formulate a research question(s) that aids in exploration and analysis.

Use online research skills to locate and evaluate college-level research materials, as well as types of sources appropriate to research and writing.

Integrate appropriate outside information into course assignments.

Use standard documentation* procedures in essays.

Recognize and avoid plagiarism.

Analyze readings for implied and direct meaning, and for tone, audience, and purpose.

Synthesize a variety of viewpoints to develop an argumentative stance

Develop and analyze arguments using logic and other appropriate appeals.

Identify and avoid logical fallacies or flawed logic.

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Course Text

Prefer the hard copy? Simply purchase from your favorite textbook reseller; you will still get the eTextbook for free. This course does not require an eTextbook

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