Documents for English Students
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HANDOUTS FOR DEVELOPMENTAL WRITING,
COMP 1, & COMP 2:
Common errors in English (PDF)
Several types of introductions for
essays
Clark, M. T. -- “Steps in Writing a
College Essay”
Second awkward writing example
(Columbia State) ENGL-1020 Comp 2
Syllabus
(Columbia State) ENGL-1020 Comp 2
Calendar
(Dyersburg State) ENGL-1020 Comp 2
Syllabus
(Dyersburg State) ENGL-1020 Comp
2 Calendar
(Dyersburg State) ENGL-1010 Comp 1
Syllabus
(Dyersburg State) ENGL-1010 Comp
1 Calendar
(Dyersburg State) DSPW-0800 Developmental
Writing Syllabus
(Dyersburg State) DSPW-0800
Calendar
First formal essay for Comp 1 &
2
“Getting to Know Me” informal writing
assignment
EXAMPLE/ILLUSTRATION ESSAYS:
Examples & outlines for
5-paragraph essay
Brad’s essay about annoyances &
pet peeves
DSPW-0800 essay outline for “Pet
Peeves”
DESCRIPTION PARAGRAPHS/ESSAYS:
Childhood photo-based paragraphs
Loretta Lynn’s haunted mansion
Porpoises with sense-related
descriptions
Sense-related descriptive
words
NARRATIVE ESSAYS:
Radio hams help during
Katrina
Second formal DSCC Comp 1 essay
-- descriptive-narrative essay
COMPARE & CONTRAST
PARAGRAPHS/ESSAYS:
Various sample C & C paragraphs
CAUSE & EFFECT PARAGRAPHS/ESSAYS:
Sample outline for C
& E essay
More examples of C
& E student essays
Third formal DSCC Comp 1
essay -- C & E
DEFINITION PARAGRAPHS/ESSAYS:
VARIOUS EXERCISES:
50 questions from EV diagnostic
49 questions from EV diagnostic
80 questions from EV post-test
Quotes, punctuation, & capitalization
Similarly-Spelled Words (Tricky)
Spelling: Earthquake & Leap
Year
VARIOUS RESOURCES:
OWL -- quoting,
paraphrasing, and summarizing
Clark, M. T. -- MLA 2009 In-Text
Citations and Works Cited
Research Writing Simplified page 78-79 examples
Hacker,
Diana -- MLA in-text citations
Hacker, Diana -- research and
documentation online
Hacker,
Diana -- sample MLA research paper
DSCC/LRC databases (Log-in
required)
DSCC/LRC research
(Log-in required)
DSCC/LRC
encyclopedias, etc. (Log-in required)
SELECTED ARTICLES, ESSAYS, &
STORIES:
Bierce, Ambrose -- “An Occurrence
at Owl Creek Bridge”
Cheever, John -- “The Enormous
Radio”
Chopin, Kate -- “Story of an Hour”
Cisneros, Sandra -- “The House on
Mango Street”
Cosby, Bill -- “The Baffling
Question”
Clemens, (Mark Twain) Samuel --
“Luck”
Dickens,
Charles -- A Christmas Carol
(Information for A Christmas Carol)
Fernandez, Victor -- “What Is Race?”
Gladwell,
Malcom -- “Defining a Racist”
Hemingway, Ernest -- “A Clean,
Well-Lighted Place”
Hemingway, Ernest -- “Hills Like
White Elephants”
Jackson, Shirley -- “The Lottery”
Jerome, Richard -- “The Victim’s
Voice”
Keller, Helen -- “Everything Has a
Name”
Poe, Edgar Allan -- “The Bells”
Walker, Alice -- “Everyday Use”
“Everyday Use” various quilt
patterns
Links to many more short
stories
RESOURCES
for ELIE WIESEL (click here)
RESOURCES
for SHAKESPEARE (click here)
RESOURCES
for MAISIE DOBBS (click here)
RESOURCES
for “TRUTH, GRAY AREAS, & LIES” (click here)
HUMOR:
Is grammar study important? See this cartoon.
1885 Punch cartoon about clichés
Funny erroneous advertisements
NOTE: These materials are intended for the use of
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