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COM 120 Week 1 CheckPoint: Persuasive Essay Topic

COM 120 Week 1 DQs
COM 120 Week 2 CheckPoint: Brainstorming Techniques
COM 120 Week 2 Assignment: Persuasive Essay Characteristics

 COM 120 Capstone Discussion Question

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Capstone Discussion Question

Due Date: Day 3 [Main] forum
Post your response to these questions: How did using a formal writing process
(planning, drafting, developing, revisin

 COM 120 Week 1 CheckPoint Persuasive

Essay Topic

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CheckPoint: Persuasive Essay Topic

Appendix A will familiarize you with the phases of the writing process as well as the
deliverables that will be due throughout the course regarding your persuasive essay.

 COM 120 Week 1 DQs

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Discussion Question 1
Due Date: Day 2 [post to the Main forum]
Post your response to these questions: What writing process have you used in the
past? What worked well for you? What is your biggest obstacle to becoming an
effective writer?

 COM 120 Week 1 Grammar Exercise 1

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COM 120 Week 1 Grammar Exercise 1

 COM 120 Week 2 Assignment Persuasive

Essay Characteristics

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In a persuasive essay, the writer assumes a position on a subjectwhich your text

refers to as taking a standand then tries to persuade his/her readers to agree with
that position by supplying evidence that is accurate and trustworthy.

 COM 120 Week 3 CheckPoint Thesis

Statements

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CheckPoint: Thesis Statements

Course Syllabus Page 12 COM 120
COM 120 Effective Persuasive Writing

 COM 120 Week 3 DQs

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Discussion Question 1
Writing a topic sentence is similar to writing a thesis sentence but on a smaller scale.
Whereas, the thesis statement conveys the main idea of the entire paper, a topic
sentence conveys the main idea of a single paragraph.

 COM 120 Week 4 Assignment Full

Sentence Outline, Thesis Statement, and
Working Reference List

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Assignment: Full Sentence Outline, Thesis Statement, and Working Reference List
Before you write a first draft of your Persuasive Essay, you will need to organize the
structure of your paper. One way to organize your ideas is by creating a formal
outline. Normally, an outline organizes only the body of your paper.

 COM 120 Week 4 CheckPoint

Paragraphs

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Often, writers use more than one type of supporting paragraph to develop an essay.
The type of supporting paragraph depends on the type of thesis statement the writer
has chosen. For example, an argument might be supported by an example or
cause/effect

 COM 120 Week 4 Grammar Exercise 2

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COM 120 Week 4 Grammar Exercise 2

 COM 120 Week 5 CheckPoint Formatting

PART 2 of 2

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CheckPoint: Formatting
Resources: Appendix F, Appendix G, and Sample APA paper:
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c09_s4.html
Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum

 COM 120 Week 5 CheckPoint Formatting

PART 1 of 2

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Resources: Appendix F, Appendix G, and Sample APA paper:

http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c09_s4.html
Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum

 COM 120 Week 5 DQs

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Discussion Question 1
Due Date: Day 2 [Main] forum
Post your response to these questions: What are the advantages of using APA
formatting for academic papers? What aspect of APA formatting

 COM 120 Week 6 Assignment Rough

Draft of Persuasive Essay

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Assignment: Rough Draft of Persuasive Essay

Be sure to submit a Rough Draft of your Persuasive Essay that is complete enough
for the instructor to provide constructive feedback.
Resource: Appendix A

 COM 120 Week 6 CheckPoint

Introductions and Conclusions

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CheckPoint: Introductions and Conclusions

An effective introduction serves to arouse a readers interest. Starting a paper with In
this paper, I will is the surest route to boredom

 COM 120 Week 7 CheckPoint Peer

Review- Appendix H

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As writers, we can become personally attached to our work. That attachment can
make it difficult for us to see how our work might be received by an audience. Peer
reviews provide a valuable opportunity to both give and to receive feedback as writers
strive to create a successful final product.

 COM 120 Week 7 DQs

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Discussion Question 1
Due Date: Day 2 [Main] forum
Post your response to this question: What is the purpose of revising and editing an
academic paper?
3. Discussion Question 2
Due Date: Day 4 [Main] forum

 COM 120 Week 8 Assignment Commonly

Misused Words

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Assignment: Commonly Misused Words

One aspect of becoming an effective writer is learning how to use words effectively.
For this CheckPoint exercise, refer to the list of commonly misused words at
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/
Course Syllabus Page 20 COM 120

 COM 120 Week 8 CheckPoint Revised

Rough Draft

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CheckPoint: Revised Rough Draft

Due Date: Day 4 [Individual] forum
Revise the Rough Draft of your Persuasive Essay. Identify the portions of the paper
you revised by using bold or colored font or asterisks (*)

 COM 120 Week 9 Assignment Final

Persuasive Essay

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Assignment: Final Persuasive Essay

Resource: Appendix A and Appendix I
Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum