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Thus conclude our eight weeks together! Let’s take a moment and review everything that transpired this semester.

Student intros. Fave vids. Fave words. Delancey Place excerpts. Rhetorical techniques. Fallacies. Psychological self-assessment mini-essay. Organizing words into sentences into paragraphs into essays. Pitching yourself in an elevator. Outlines. MLA vs. APA. Editing marks. Ontology of humor. Satire. Parody. The Onion. Toulmin Model. Dissoi logoi mini-essay. Peer review. Videos. Engaging with classmates and teacher. Socrates. Phaedrus. Dialogue. Analyze a pop-culture article. Hegelian letter. Paragraph architecture. Sentence painting. Run-ons and comma splices. Interactive grammar. PowerProofreader. Drafting and revising. Openings. Thesis sentences. Transitions. Topic sentences. Major and minor supporting details. Closings. Smarthinking tutoring. Signal phrases. Quoting. Citations. Online research. 12 Angry Men. Choose your own adventure crowd-sourced class dialogue. Class Q/A. Awareness of power of language. Knowledge of self.
1. Which of the above exercises most engaged you, and why? Which is your fave rhetorical technique (feel free to glance at list from last week!) or one you find most useful for daily life?

2. If you were a 102 instructor, how would you enhance the class for future students?

3. What’s next for you? Any more English courses? Completion of your A.A.? Transfer to a four-year school? Return to work?

4. What’s some memorable life advice you’ve received or given? May be humorous and about any topic. (One from me: Never trust anyone who wears a lapel pin. Yes, that’s a hasty generalization fallacy 🙂

5. Before you “write off” into the sunset, give a shout-out to any of your classmates with whom you built rapport. Any other closing thoughts this semester?
6. I need to have your 2 ideas about whatever you write for me

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