Online Class Details – Composition I

3 Composition I College Credits

CLASS DAY/TIME:
Wednesdays, 3:30 – 4:20 PM EST, August – December (Calendar)

SYNOPSIS:
Composition I includes this:

  • Classic Literature. Readings include rich, interesting, edifying, suspenseful, and humorous novels, mysteries, short stories, science fiction classics, and a play, including many students have no doubt never heard of. Students also review literary elements (theme, plot, character, setting, poetry terms, irony, symbolism, tone, and style), comparing often humanistic worldviews with a Christian view.
  • Grammar & Usage. Students study usage and grammar rules and concepts (the possessive case, gerunds, serial commas and comma use, pronoun-antecedent agreement, parenthetic expressions, restrictive clauses, and non-restrictive clauses.  Concepts are reinforced through regular practice worksheets.
  • Vocabulary. Definitions, origins, synonyms, and use in context, also reinforced with take-home practice worksheets.
  • Composition. No boring essays to write! Students receive thorough corrections on their turn-in essays, with the benefit of Scott Clifton’s degree in journalism and his experience as a writer and editor. This semester students write a longer (1500-1700-word) persuasive essay in MLA format, with assistance/guidance.

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