Module 05: Chapter 10

In this module, you will give and receive feedback on the first drafts of your Rhetorical Analysis. You will have the chance to reflect on the feedback from your instructor and classmates to revise your essay before submitting the final draft. You will also begin learning about the art of developing a position argument and continue practicing your self-editing skills with a focus on common sentence-level errors.

Unit Learning Objectives

After completing this module, you will be able to:

Apply key rhetorical concepts in argumentation.
Analyze rhetorical and cultural contexts.
Demonstrate critical chinking in reading and analysis.
Identify and analyze supporting evidence.
Apply self-editing techniques to improve the grammatical accuracy and clarify of writing.

Tasks to Complete in this Module

Read Chapter 10: Position Argument: Practicing the Art of Rhetoric Sections 10.1-10.3 and 21.4: Sentence Errors.
Complete two peer reviews of Rhetorical Analysis (in-class 9/23)
Complete Self-Reflection on Rhetorical Analysis First Draft Feedback
Submit Rhetorical Analysis Final Draft
Complete Sentence Errors Editing Practice
Complete the Module 05 Check Your Knowledge Quiz.
Write M05 Midterm Essay (in Zoom class 10/1)

Position Argument: Practicing the Art of Rhetoric

Welcome to Module Five! In the last module, you applied your knowledge of rhetoric to write the first drafts of your Rhetorical Analysis and to self-edit for common mixed construction sentence errors.

Objectives for Module Five

This module will ask you to use feedback from your first drafts of the Rhetorical Analysis to reflect on and revise your papers. In this module, you will also be presented with an overview of a position argument and introduced to key concepts: a perspective or viewpoint on a debatable issue, reason and evidence, counterclaims or dissenting opinions, and cultural context. Lastly, you will continue to work on self-editing by focusing on recognizing and revising common sentence errors.

In this module, you are building knowledge that will help you meet the following Student Learning Outcomes for ESL 10:

1. Read, analyze, and respond to a representative sampling of academic genres across the curriculum with consideration of context, audience, purpose, and culturally-bound references.

2. Employ a variety of rhetorical strategies to write a comprehensive, well-developed, and coherent expository essay with a focused thesis and appropriate support.

3. Summarize and discuss academic college-level non-fiction and fiction

4. Self-edit for common second language errors such as verb usage, word forms, and sentence boundaries.

To successfully complete this module, you will need to:

Read Chapter 10: Position Argument: Practicing the Art of Rhetoric Sections 10.1-10.3 and 21.4: Sentence Errors.
Complete two peer reviews of Rhetorical Analysis (in-class 9/23)
Complete Self-Reflection on Rhetorical Analysis First Draft Feedback
Submit Rhetorical Analysis Final Draft
Complete Sentence Errors Editing Practice
Complete the Module 05 Check Your Knowledge Quiz.
Write M05 Midterm Essay (in Zoom class 10/1)

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