Writing II: Rhetorical Composing

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Free Online Course: Writing II: Rhetorical Composing provided by Coursera is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 6-10 hours a week. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Coursera. Writing II: Rhetorical Composing is taught by Susan Delagrange, Scott Lloyd DeWitt, Kay Halasek, Ben McCorkle and Cynthia Selfe.

Overview
  • Rhetorical Composing is a course where writers exchange words, ideas, talents, and support. You will be introduced to a variety of rhetorical concepts—that is, ideas and techniques to inform and persuade audiences—that will help you become a more effective consumer and producer of written, visual, and multimodal texts. The class includes short videos, demonstrations, and activities.

    We envision Rhetorical Composing as a learning community that includesboth those enrolled in this course and the instructors. We bring our expertisein writing, rhetoric and course design, and we have designed the assignmentsand course infrastructure to help you share your experiences as writers,students, and professionals with each other and with us. These collaborationsare facilitated through WEx, The Writers Exchange, a place where you willexchange your work and feedback



    All lectures and written instructional materials developed for this course by the Ohio State University are licensed under the Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Syllabus
  • Thinking Rhetorically: Introducing Ourselves, Introducing Rhetoric
    Responding Rhetorically: The Writers Exchange (WEx) and Pee Review
    Arguing Rhetorically: Analyzing as a Means of Framing Argume
    Seeing Rhetorically: Analyzing and Composing (with) Images
    Researching Rhetorically: Composing with Sources in Evidence-based Texts
    Revising Rhetorically: Reflecting on, Reviewing, and Publishing Your Work 

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