Writing 1 Review
The first step in the writing process, this generates and focuses ideas, and often involves "brainstorming"
What is prewriting?
The process of seeking, accessing, evaluating, sorting and processing information
What is research?
The online learning platform used by all courses at Fitchburg State University.
What is Blackboard?
This major project is chunked (and graded) throughout the semester.
What is the Time Capsule Project (TCP)?
Talk before or after class, send an email, post on the Open Forum, schedule a Google Meet
How can I talk to my professor?
Method of analysis that involves paying deliberate attention to a text or artifact, noticing and interpreting details that might otherwise be overlooked
What is close reading?
A type of post-secondary school that awards undergraduate and graduate degrees in more than one academic discipline.
What is a university?
Language meant to influence another person
What is rhetoric?
The careful, reasoned process by which humans can use intellect to guide beliefs and actions
What is critical thinking?
You will need to do this at least once daily on each device you use for the coursework
What is login and confirm ID?
This grade, which reflects your participation in the academic community, is worth 10%
Complete assignments, login in to Blackboard, be on time, get some sleep and eat something.
What should I do before each class begins?
US state with the longest functioning constitution
What is Massachusetts?
The UK, Spain, and Italy
What are the most popular destinations for Americans to study abroad?
The process by which a writer edits, rethinks, and rewrites a draft
What is revision?
Tried and true method writers use to refine their ideas into a polished text
What is the writing process?
Students can view grades here at any time.
What is the Blackboard gradebook?
This includes journal, final draft, and presentation, and is 60% of your final grade
What is the major project?
These should be submitted in the individual "Project Journals" found in Discussions.
What are journal entries?
The amount of time students in a 3 credit class should expect to spend on classwork per week, including time in class
What is 9 hours?
a terminal degree
What is the most advanced credential one can obtain in a particular field of study
The percent of all communication that is rhetorical
What is 100?
Being able to evaluate messages around you to understand their purpose, source, audience and value
What is information literacy?
Penalty, per class period overdue, for late assignments
What is one letter grade?
A podcast, a slide deck, a short essay, a video
What are possible multimedia components of the time capsule project?
The course schedule or assignments folder on Blackboard
How do I know what work is due?
The fate of (Shakespeare's) Ophelia
What is drowning?
This is the terminal degree for humanities disciplines (math, English, history)
What is a Ph.D.?
Argumentation form that includes a warrant
What is Toulmin?
Students, professors, researchers, librarians, and anyone interested in scholarship.
What is the academic community?
This is the highest grade work due this Thursday can receive, if it is submitted next Thursday.
What is a C?
These two kinds of coursework must be written by hand
What are Real World Writings and Assessments?
Read and take notes, come to class with questions
How should I approach reading assignments?
Total points scored in Super Bowl LX--and according to novelist Douglas Adams, the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything
What is 42?
$5500
Maximum federal loan amount a first year undergraduate student can take out starting in the 26-27 school year