Expository Writing (with a Creative Writing emphasis)

U.C. and State University Certified
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Year
Expository writing is designed to provide experience in reading selections of poems, epics, vignettes, plays, short stories, screenplays and novels. Students will also be reading independently outside of class. The course provides extensive reading in the major types of literature, including classics recommended for college bound students. Composition assignments will develop writing methods necessary for success in college as well as creative writing. The course will include a review of writing skills, instruction in stylistic techniques, practice in the use of varied sentence structure, preparation for the college essay, and preparation of original poems, stories, characters, and screenplays. Students should expect a considerable amount of homework and challenging reading and writing assignments.