This is Still Not Your High School English Class: What You Really Need to Know to Succeed in Second Semester English Composition II

by Eugene Ortiz

Overview

In This Is Still Not Your High School English Class, you will discover the roles of formal and practical reasoning in the creation of a strong argumentative essay; learn the pitfalls of logical fallacies; revisit audience appeals (pathos, ethos, and logos); and discuss why plagiarism, although a very serious pitfall and academic offense, is not nearly as hard to avoid as you might think.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013553002
Publisher:	Eugene Ortiz
Publication date:	11/08/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	143 KB

About the Author

Eugene Ortiz is a freelance writer, rhetorician, and technical communicator currently living in Lockport, IL. He began teaching undergraduate writing in 1993, has presented papers on the subject at academic conferences, and was a pioneer in using online communication as a heuristic for undergraduate writing students.

Before he began teaching undergraduate writing, Ortiz was Editor and Publisher of The Writer's Nook News, a nationally circulated, quarterly newsletter for freelance writers.

Trivia: Ortiz has a black belt in Aikido and occasionally does background acting (a.k.a. 'extra' work). While living in Texas, he had a recurring non-speaking role as a Houston police officer on the hit NBC show, "Chase".