Process
Employ informed and flexible processes for writing and speaking, including creating and/or finding ideas, evidence, and data to write about; planning and drafting; revising; editing; and designing or presenting a message so that it is successfully understood by a specified audience.
Structure
Write coherent and unified texts, including effective introductions, clear thesis statements, supporting details, transitions, and strong conclusions.
Rhetorical Situation
Use various methods of invention, organization, and style to adapt written and oral forms of communication to a specific rhetorical situation.
Sources
Utilize the library and electronic resources to locate relevant information, assess its reliability and usefulness, and effectively and ethically incorporate it into their own writing by following an appropriate style of documentation.
Style
Write in a correct, clear, and graceful prose style.
Literary Understanding
Use writing to enhance their understanding of and appreciation for literature.
Literary Analysis
Analyze and discuss (in writing and speech) literary texts clearly and cogently, develop and defend literary interpretations, and relate individual texts to their historical and cultural contexts. Apply critical theories to produce distinctive readingsof literary texts.
Revision
Effectively evaluate and comment on the writing of others to facilitate revision.
