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Writing for Success
Writing for Success – Cause-and-Effect Essay
Writing for Success – Classification Essay
Writing for Success – Compare-and-Contrast Essay
Writing for Success – Definition Essay
Writing for Success – Descriptive Essay
Writing for Success – Illustration Essay
Writing for Success – Narrative Essay
Writing for Success – Persuasive Essay
Writing for Success – Process Analysis Essay
Writing Unleashed by Sybil Priebe, Dana Anderson, and Ronda Marman
Purdue OWL – Annotated Bibliographies
Purdue OWL – Argument
Purdue OWL – Book Reports
Purdue OWL – Book Reviews
Purdue OWL – Definitions
Purdue OWL – Exam Essays
Purdue OWL – Exploratory
Purdue OWL – Cover Letters
Purdue OWL – Research
Purdue OWL – Résumés
The Process of Research Writing by Steven Krause – Annotated Bibliography
Genres: Course Map & Recommended Resources
Overview
How to Use This Guide
This document is intended to highlight resources that can be used to address the topic of Genres that might be assigned in a First- and/or Second-Year Writing Course. All resources are Open Access and can be downloaded to a Course Management System via hyperlink.
Introduction
This portion of the course is simply to provide explanation, examples, and samples of Genres or Rhetorical Modes of writing students might be assigned in First- and Second-Year Writing courses. This module assumes that instructors will utilize other learning objectives (e.g. Writing as a Process, Collaboration, Grammar and Style, Critical Thinking, Conducting Research, and Understanding Rhetorical Situations, etc.) to teach writing, using this section merely as illustrations of academic genres or rhetorical modes.
Recommended Resources
In first-year writing, emphasis might be placed on getting students to be more critical thinkers, readers, and writers; to recognize the elements that inform rhetorical situations; to understand the importance of the writing process; and to practice the composing of formal written work in response to many sources. Second-year writing builds on the lessons learned in first-year writing, while possibly adding deeper analysis and critique through the development of arguments supported by evidence found during formal research. Given that many colleges/universities only require their students to take first-year writing, some instructors have chosen to introduce learning objectives from second-year writing to their students earlier. This overlap between the two means that a variety of genres can be taught in either course. Below are some possibilities. In no way is this list complete, but it does provide common writing assignment descriptions and examples/samples.
This resource is available as a PDF.
Cause and Effect
Classification
Comparison and Contrast
Definition
Description
Illustration
Narration
Persuasion
Process Analysis
Research
This is adapted from a work produced by a publisher who has requested that the original author not receive attribution. This adapted edition is produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing through the eLearning Support Initiative.
Writing Unleashed by Sybil Priebe, Dana Anderson, and Ronda Marman
This resource is available as a PDF and published by North Dakota State College of Science.
Argument
Cause and Effect
Compare and Contrast
Definition
Description
Division and Classification
Email
Essays
Illustration
Letters
Memoirs
Narration
Profiles
Process Analysis
Research
Purdue Online Writing Lab
Most students are familiar with this site due to its extensive use among English instructors.
The Process of Research Writing by Steven Krause
This resource has Creative Commons Attribution, Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0.