Dr. Mark Womack
A Writing Handbook
Composition
The Rhetorical Triangle
Thesis Statement
Titles
Style
Active Verbs
Numbers & Numerals
Sexist Pronouns
What Font Should I Use?
Grammar
Dangling Modifiers
Run-on Sentences
Sentence Fragments
Punctuation
Commas [
,
]
The Serial Comma
Commas Before Conjunctions
Commas Between Adjectives
Introductory Commas
Parenthetical Commas
Ellipses [
…
]
Exclamation Points [
!
]
Hyphens [
-
] and Dashes [
–
] [
—
]
Semicolons [
;
]
Superstitions
Using First-Person Pronouns
Starting with
And
or
But
Using Contractions
Ending with Prepositions
Splitting Infinitives
AP English Language
Syllabus
Assignments
Summer Reading
Handouts
AP English Literature
Syllabus
Assignments
Summer Reading
Handouts
ENGL 1301
Syllabus
Textbooks
Assignments
Diagnostic Paragraph
Writing Exercises
Two Messages
Mind Map
Informal Outline
The Believing/Doubting Game
Creative Imitation
Enlivened Prose
Major Essays
Essay 1 — Literacy Narrative
Essay 2 – Rhetorical Analysis
Essay 3: Informative Essay
Readings
Classwork
Handouts
Peer Reviews
Videos
I Have a Dream
Baseball vs Football
Presentations
ENGL 1302
Syllabus
Textbooks
Assignments
Diagnostic Paragraph
Critical Essays
Analysis of a Short Story
Explication of a Speech from Shakespeare
Analysis of a Sonnet
Reading Journals
Short Story Journals
Explication Journals
Sonnet Journals
Readings
Prose Fiction
Fairy Tales
Ashputtel
Hansel and Gretel
Jack and the Beanstalk
Little Red Riding Hood
Sherlock Holmes
A Scandal in Bohemia
The Speckled Band
Short Stories
The Celebrated Jumping Frog
of Calavaras County
The Mark of the Beast
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Speeding Motorcycle
Young Goodman Brown
Prose Anthology
Shakespeare
Antony & Cleopatra
(2.2.201-28)
As You Like It
(2.7.139-66)
Macbeth
(5.5.1-29)
Romeo & Juliet
(Prologue.1-14)
The Merchant of Venice
(4.1.70-83)
Twelfth Night
(1.5.256-65)
Lyric Verse
carpe diem
Poems
Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Poets
A. E. Housman
Emily Dickinson
Robert Frost
Verse Anthology
Classwork
Handouts
Notes on Iambic Pentameter
Shakespeare in Modern English
Notes on Sonnet Form
Sonnets in Modern English
Peer Reviews
Essay 1 Peer Review
Essay 2 Peer Review
Essay 3 Peer Review
ENGL 1304
Syllabus
Textbook
Assignments
Writing Exercises
Argument Summary
Microtheme
Classical Argument
Rhetorical Analysis
Major Essays
Essay 1: Rhetorical Analysis
Essay 2: Causal Argument
Essay 3: Evaluation Argument
Readings
Classwork
Handouts
Informal Outline
Peer Reviews
Peer Review for Essay 1
Peer Review for Essay 2
Peer Review for Essay 3
ENGL 2322
Syllabus
Textbooks
Assignments
Comparing
Beowulf
Translations
Explicating a Renaissance Sonnet
Handouts
Beowulf
for the big-voiced Scullions
Study Questions:
Canterbury Tales
Sonnet: History & Form
Reading Assignment:
Paradise Lost
ENGL 3306
Syllabus
Textbooks
Assignments
Stylistic Analyses
Critical Essay
Performance Project
Handouts
English 1303
Syllabus
Textbook
Assignments
Essays
Literacy Narrative
Informative Essay
Synthesis Essay
Writing Exercises
Two Messages for Different Purposes, Audiences, and Genres
Playing the Believing & Doubting Game
Analyzing Angle of Vision
in Two Passages about Nuclear Energy
Two Contrasting Descriptions
of the Same Scene
Creative Imitation
Synthesis Essay Learning Logs
Readings
Classwork
Handouts
David Foster Wallace’s Annotations
Oratorical vs Classic
Paintings
Peer Reviews
Peer Review: Synthesis Essay
Peer Review: Literacy Narrative
Peer Review: Informative Essay
Presentations
English 3301
Syllabus
Textbooks
Assignments
Reading Journals
Essay 1: Critical Analysis
Essay 2: Explication
Essay 3: Research Paper
Handouts
English 3311
Syllabus
Textbooks
Assignments
Analytical Observations
Essay 1 – Milton’s Verse
Essay 2 –
Paradise Lost
Handouts
Paradise Lost
1.738—51
Images in
Paradise Lost
, book 3
Meter & Verse Form
Headless Lines
Notes on Iambic Pentameter
Notes on Sonnet Form
Readings
Sample Essay
The Universe of
Paradise Lost
English 3327
Syllabus
Textbooks
Assignments
Stylistic Analyses
Class Discussions
Essay Topic 1 –
Beowulf
Translations
Essay Topic 2 – Renaissance Sonnet
Final Exam Format
Handouts
English 3328
Syllabus
Textbooks
Assignments
Stylistic Analyses
Essay Topic 1 – On a 19th-century Sonnet
Essay Topic 2 – On a Novel’s First Chapter
Final Exam Format
Handouts
Classes
Journal
About
MLA Style
Document Format
Citation Format
How to Quote
How to Quote Prose
How to Quote Verse
How to Quote Shakespeare
Documenting Sources
Textbooks
Required Text
The Norton Anthology of English Literature:
Volume 1
(8
th
Edition)
Recommended Text
Selected Canterbury Tales
(Dover Thrift Edition)
Rendered into modern English by J. U. Nicolson