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Allow the writing process to deepen your engagement with writing sources, your
own ideas, others ideas, and allow it to improve your ability to develop
arguments.
Knowledge of Conventions
Conventions are formal and informal guidelines. These guidelines define literature and shape
readers and writers correctness. Conventions control usage of words, spelling, and citation
rules. They influence the information, style, organization, and document design.
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
Reach an agreement with conventions, from newspapers and magazines to
different activities.
Understand you must cite information in your work to avoid plagiarism.
Pay attention to your grammar, punctuation, and spelling when composing and
revising.
Critical Reflection
Critical reflection is when a writer is easily able to express what they are thinking and why. They
do this by justifying the choices made in context, understanding a composition, and by making
any revisions after receiving reader feedback.
By the end of the First Year Writing Program, students should be able to:
Demonstrate how to reflect on their writing in different rhetorical situations.
Learn from their writing errors.
Exhibit their knowledge of rhetorical awareness, and effective use of the writing
process and conventions with regard to their own writing.
Show that the reflection is an important part of learning, thinking, and
communicating.