Subject Composition Writing

Course Title: Composition Writing

Course Code: ENG-302

Credit Hours: 3(3-0)

Course Contents:

1. Writing Process

• Invention:
  • Generating Ideas (collecting information in various forms such as mind maps, tables, lists, charts, etc.)
  • Identifying Audience, Purpose, and Message
• Ordering Information:
  • Chronology for a narrative
  • Stages of a process
  • From general to specific and vice versa
  • From most important to least important
  • Advantages and disadvantages
  • Comparison and contrast
  • Problem-solution pattern
• Drafting:
  • Free Writing
  • Revising
  • Editing

2. Paraphrasing

3. Cohesion and Coherence

• Cohesive Devices
• Paragraph Unity

4. Summary and Précis Writing

5. Creative Writing

6. Essay Writing

• Developing a thesis
• Organizing an essay
• Writing effective introduction and conclusion
• Different types of essays
• Use of various rhetorical modes, including exposition, argumentation, and analysis

Recommended Books:

• Goatly, A. (2000). Critical Reading and Writing: An Introductory Course. London: Taylor & Francis.
• Hacker, D. (1992). A Writer’s Reference (2nd ed.). Boston: St. Martin’s.
• Hamp-Lyons, L. & Heasley, B. (1987). Study Writing: A Course in Written English for Academic and Professional Purposes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Howe, D. H., Kirkpatrick, T. A., & Kirkpatrick, D. L. (2004). Oxford English for Undergraduates. Karachi: Oxford University Press.
• Kirszner, L. G., & Mandell, S. R. (1989). Patterns for College Writing (4th ed.). USA: St. Martin’s Press, Inc.
• Smazler, W. R. (1996). Write to be Read: Reading, Reflection, and Writing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.