English 10600 - Introductory Composition

This link should take you to "How to Say Nothing in 500 Words," by Paul Roberts.

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/2539045/How-to-Say-Nothing-in--500-Words

Nils recently presented "onerous," an adjective meaning troublesome or creating a burden. This is a useful word. Example: "My English 106 instructor gave us this totally onerous abstract assignment."

It is related to the word "onus," which is a burden or duty.

see also the last couple of comments under previous "outside activities" post; these events are also in April.


*Much Ado About Nothing*
by William Shakespeare
 Directed by Gordon McCall

 Nancy T. Hansen Theatre
Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts

 April 16 (P), 17, 18, 22, 23, 24
 Matinees: April 19 & 25

(P) = Preview all seats $6.00 General Admission
 Matinees begin at 3:00 p.m
 All Other Performances Begin at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets for students are $10.

"There are many ways for students to annoy their professors: "Did I miss anything important?" (No, nothing like that happens in our class.) "Will this test affect my grade?" (No, not at all.) "What are your office hours?" (They're the first thing on the syllabus.) Most professors understand that such questions are harmless; few, if any, would give the responses I've imagined here.

Here is the word that Steve presented recently:

Adduce: "To offer evidence or to cite."

Hello all,

Here are two lectures I just heard about that some of you may be interested in attending for the required outside activity (see the report assignment sheet under "projects").

On Tuesday, March 31, 7:30 at Fowler Hall, Robert Laughlin, winner of the Nobel Prize for physics, will discuss his book The Crime of Reason and the Closing of the Scientific Mind.

 Here is the word Cody presented on 3/9/09, with its most common definition:

Ellipses: "a mark or series of marks (. . . or * * * , for example) used in writing or printing to indicate an omission, especially of letters or words." 

And here is mine:

Here is a link to the Purdue OWL's summary of changes to MLA citations taking effect this spring. We will use the updated information for our annotated bibliographies.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/15/

Welcome to the course website for English 10600 section 339, spring 2009. The syllabus is under "description," weekly schedules under "calendar," and major assignments under "projects." 

If you have not yet created an account for this website, click "create account" near the log in button, and follow the directions. You can just complete the starred items. The instructor will then need to "unblock" your profile so that you can access the rest of the site.