This open educational resource (OER) was compiled for use in ENGL 1010 – Expository Writing, the first of Middle Tennessee State University’s two first-year writing courses. This OER is divided into five main sections, all of which are designed with ENGL 1010’s course objectives in mind. Each of those sections contains a number of readings related to the section’s topic, with many of those readings curated from other open-access texts.
The first-year writing sequence at Middle Tennessee State University takes a rhetorical approach to writing. This means that students are asked to consider how “good” writing is situational. There are no hard and fast “rules” for writing. Instead, there are conventions or norms and expectations specific to particular contexts. In ENGL 1010: Expository Writing, students practice identifying writing conventions across modes and contexts.
- Subject:
- Composition and Rhetoric
- English Language Arts
- Language, Grammar and Vocabulary
- Material Type:
- Textbook
- Provider:
- Middle Tennessee State University Pressbooks Network
- Author:
- Amy Fant
- Amy Harris-Aber
- Candie Moonshower
- Caroline LaPlue
- Eric Detweiler
- Jennifer Wilson
- Kate Pantelides
- Nicholas Krause
- Paul Evans
- Date Added:
- 01/26/2023