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  1. Last 7 days
    1. You are accountable to telling the story to your reader as truthfully as you can, while using craft elements to engage the reader.

      Keeps your credibility as a wiriter and gains trust with your readers.

    2. Finally, your conclusion should help resolve the central conflict of the story and impress upon your reader the ultimate theme of the piece

      Important to summarize your theme of the narrative.

    3. The more specific the details in a memoir or literacy narrative, the more human, appealing, and universal your story becomes.

      Provide indepth details makes your story appealing. Becomes relatable to your readers without personal experience

  2. Jan 2026
    1. However, regardless of genre, one can use some basic strategies to approach these assignments constructively.

      In our own diverse communities these basic strategies are valuable.

    1. When the tone matches the content, the audience will be more engaged, and you will build a stronger relationship with your readers.

      Letting us know the importance of content and tone.

    2. identify your readers’ characteristics, interests, and expectations before making decisions about what you write

      A key factor when considering your audience.

    1. persuasive writing assignments in which you state and support your position on an issue

      Another style of writing being emphasized. Defining style and setting expectation.

    2. personal writing, expository writing, research papers, creative writing, and writing short answers and essays for exams. Over time, these assignments help you build a foundation of writing skills. In college, many instructors will expect you to already have that foundation.

      These skills listed will pair perfectly into our diverse communities. Fundamentals and guidelines we all need and can share together through our college journey and careers fields.

    1. Most readers tend to highlight too much, hiding key ideas in a sea of yellow lines, making it difficult to pick out the main points when it is time to review.

      Many tend to highlight too much making it difficult to recall the important facts or questions that wanted to refer back to. Less is more, really think about what you want to make mental note of and highlight the summary of that point and key factors.

    1. It is not enough to understand course material and summarize it on an exam. You will also be expected to seriously engage with new ideas by reflecting on them, analyzing them, critiquing them, making connections, drawing conclusions, or finding new ways of thinking about a given subject.

      Setting the tone of this course. Let's me know my expectations.

    2. cover ways to communicate effectively as you develop insight into your own style, writing process, grammatical choices, and rhetorical situations.

      Informs me that not only will this textbook teach me effective communication styles, but encourages self development of insight; Learning then adapting and applying.