Expository Writing Program
The Expository Writing Program offers English 100 (“Expository Writing I”), English 200 (“Expository Writing II”), and several other upper-level writing classes. Together, these courses enable students to write effectively and become more aware of how they write. The Expository Writing Program provides students with a broad range of writing experiences in order to help them fulfill their academic, professional, and civic responsibilities. Students will produce many different types of genres—evaluations, responses, analyses, reports, and proposals, among others—that they will encounter both in and outside the university. Finally, the Expository Writing Program asks students to write for specific audiences and for specific purposes.
English 100: Expository Writing I
English 100 focuses on informative and analytical writing and is structured around the theme of "writing about writing." Students read and write about writing itself, including their own writing process.
Major Writing Assignments (approximately 5000 - 6000 words total)
- Reading Reflection
- Process Analysis Essay
- Writing Across the Disciplines Report
- Stylistic Analysis Essay
English 200: Expository Writing II
English 200 focuses on argument and persuasion. Students employ rhetorical appeals, Toulmin strategies, and Rogerian argument.
Major Writing Assignments (approximately 6000 - 8000 words total)
- Rhetorical Analysis
- Response Editorial
- Persuasive Researched Essay
- Proposal
Contact Information
Dr. A. Abby Knoblauch, Director
Expository Writing Program
124 English/Counseling Services Building