Demonstrate rhetorical knowledge appropriate to argumentative strategies and persuasive appeals Apply critical thinking skills to reading and writing Develop competence in creating argumentative essays, including research, while following writing as process protocols The purpose of this writing assignment is to be able to construct a sound, persuasive, and imaginative argument supporting a position on the meaning of all or part of a short piece of literature.

Demonstrate rhetorical knowledge appropriate to argumentative strategies and persuasive appeals Apply critical thinking skills to reading and writing Develop competence […]