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Posts tagged Essay Writing

History of a Liberal Arts Education

A brief overview of how the idea of a liberal arts education originated and evolved over the years, resulting in the present U.S. institution of a liberal arts college.

history-liberal-arts-educAustin WoernerNovember 11, 2019EAP101 Fall 2019, Essay Writing

Brian Leggett, "Classical Rhetoric: An Overview of Its Early Development

A brief history of how rhetoric—communication with the goal of persuasion—became an important field of study in ancient Greece and Rome.

leggett-classical-rhetoriAustin WoernerNovember 11, 2019EAP101 Fall 2019, Essay Writing

Deliberations

Deliberations is a journal of outstanding student essays produced in Writing 101, Duke University’s freshman writing course.

deliberationsAustin WoernerOctober 30, 2019EAP101 Fall 2019, Essay Writing

All About Essays

An amateur mini-documentary by Austin Woerner

I asked twelve Duke Kunshan a few basic questions about essays. Here’s what they said.

all-about-essaysAustin WoernerOctober 28, 2019Videos, EAP101 Fall 2019, Essay Writing

Gary Althen and Janet Bennet, "Ways of Reasoning"

This chapter from the guidebook American Ways analyzes some common ways that Americans think and express themselves.

ways-of-reasoningAustin WoernerJune 26, 2019EAP101 Fall 2019, Essay Writing

Gerald Graff & Cathy Birkenstein, "They Say, I Say: The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing"

They Say, I Say is one of the most widely used "how-to" books about writing used in American college classrooms. It is a required textbook for EAP101 at Duke Kunshan University.

TSISAustin WoernerAugust 10, 2018EAP101, EAP102 Spring 2019, Essay Writing