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COM 120 Your Dreams Our Mission/uophelp.com COM 120 Capstone Discussion Question For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com 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, revising, editing, and proofreading) help you create a more effective academic paper? Which part of the writing process caused you the most difficulty? Explain your answer.

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COM 120 Your Dreams Our Mission/uophelp.com COM 120 Week 1 CheckPoint: Persuasive Essay Topic For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com 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. A Persuasive (or an Advocacy) Essay is a type of research paper that asks that you take a stand on an issue and defend it against opposing points of view. Issues are researched, and the objective is to provide supporting evidence in favor of the position selected as well as to anticipate counter arguments against your position. Course

COM 120 Your Dreams Our Mission/uophelp.com COM 120 Week 1 DQs For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com 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?

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COM 120 Your Dreams Our Mission/uophelp.com COM 120 Week 2 Assignment: Persuasive Essay Characteristics For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Assignment: Persuasive Essay Characteristics In a persuasive essay, the writer assumes a position on a subject—which your text refers to as taking a stand—and then tries to persuade his/her readers to agree with that position by supplying evidence that is accurate and trustworthy. In this assignment, you will have an opportunity to evaluate the strategies other writers use to write persuasive

COM 120 Your Dreams Our Mission/uophelp.com COM 120 Week 2 CheckPoint: Brainstorming Techniques For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com CheckPoint: Brainstorming Techniques In traditional brainstorming, individuals or groups of people compile ideas on a topic but do not evaluate or organize the ideas presented. In contrast, mind-mapping (also called concept mapping) visually places the thoughts

COM 120 Your Dreams Our Mission/uophelp.com COM 120 Week 3 CheckPoint: Thesis Statements For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com CheckPoint: Thesis Statements Course Syllabus Page 12 COM 120 COM 120 Effective Persuasive Writing

COM 120 Your Dreams Our Mission/uophelp.com COM 120 Week 3 DQs For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com 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. Having a topic sentence in each paragraph helps to ensure unification of the ideas in the paragraph. Because any sentence that does not pertain to the topic sentence should not be included, a topic sentence automatically unifies

COM 120 Your Dreams Our Mission/uophelp.com COM 120 Week 4 Assignment: Full Sentence Outline, Thesis Statement, and Working Reference List For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com 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

COM 120 Your Dreams Our Mission/uophelp.com COM 120 Week 4 CheckPoint: Paragraphs For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com CheckPoint: Paragraphs 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, and a personal experience might be supported by details. In this CheckPoint, you will determine the kinds of supporting paragraphs that are best suited for your thesis statement.

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COM 120 Your Dreams Our Mission/uophelp.com COM 120 Week 5 CheckPoint: Formatting PART 1 of 2 For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com 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 • Identify specific APA formatting errors in the text contained in Appendix G.

COM 120 Your Dreams Our Mission/uophelp.com COM 120 Week 5 CheckPoint: Formatting PART 2 of 2 For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com 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 • Identify specific APA formatting errors in the text contained in Appendix G.

COM 120 Your Dreams Our Mission/uophelp.com COM 120 Week 5 DQs For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com 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 do you find most troublesome? 3. Discussion Question 2 • Due Date: Day 4 [Main] forum

COM 120 Your Dreams Our Mission/uophelp.com COM 120 Week 6 Assignment: Rough Draft of Persuasive Essay For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com 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

COM 120 Your Dreams Our Mission/uophelp.com COM 120 Week 6 CheckPoint: Introductions and Conclusions For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com CheckPoint: Introductions and Conclusions An effective introduction serves to arouse a reader’s interest. Starting a paper with “In this paper, I will…” is the surest route to boredom. Just as a first impression when meeting someone is important, a first impression when reading

COM 120 Your Dreams Our Mission/uophelp.com COM 120 Week 7 CheckPoint: Peer Review- Appendix H For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com CheckPoint: Peer Review 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. • Resource:

COM 120 Your Dreams Our Mission/uophelp.com COM 120 Week 7 DQs For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com 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 Your Dreams Our Mission/uophelp.com COM 120 Week 8 Assignment: Commonly Misused Words For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com 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

COM 120 Your Dreams Our Mission/uophelp.com COM 120 Week 8 CheckPoint: Revised Rough Draft For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com 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 (*), and explain how you incorporated the feedback from your instructor and peer reviewer. Also indicate, with bold or colored font or asterisks (*), the suggestions you did not incorporate into your

COM 120 Your Dreams Our Mission/uophelp.com COM 120 Week 9 Assignment: Final Persuasive Essay For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Assignment: Final Persuasive Essay • Resource: Appendix A and Appendix I • Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum

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