American Literature

American Literature is a graduation-required literature and composition course, in which students challenge their understanding of what America is, who is Americans are, and how America has come to be.

Chalkboard notes on argument, revision

Top: Our notes on wordiness, inflated phrasing, structural vs notional language. Middle: Review of argumentative, body paragraph structure. Bottom: Finally, we reviewed how to structure an argument through our reading of Chief Weinock's statement to… — Top: Our notes on wordiness, inflated phrasing, structural vs notional language. Middle: Review of argumentative, body paragraph structure. Bottom: Finally, we reviewed how to structure an argument through our reading of Chief Weinock's statement to the Supreme Court about his tribe's right of access to federalized land.