Academic English Studies Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

ENG 105 Topic 3 DQ 2 Writing an essay can be divided into at least three main parts—the introduction, the body, and the conclusion. Looking further into the essay, the thesis statement can be implicit (implied) or explicit (a line can be drawn under it).Depending upon the length of the essay, the introduction might be more than one paragraph, but the thesis statement should generally appear at the end of the introduction. Body paragraphs follow, and each has its own unique topic sentence, the ...

ENG 105 Topic 5 DQ 2 One way to disagree with a review is to question the expectations, or criteria, that an author has for the subject of his or her review. Describe how well the website you have chosen for your evaluation essay meets your expectations/criteria. During the week, review your classmates’ posts and discuss similarities and differences between your response and your peers’ responses. The website that I chose to review is the National Institute of Mental Health. The NIMH webs...

ENG 105 Topic 2 DQ 2 Review the CDC website and answer at least three of the questions below: 1. Who is the writer? 2. What is the writer’s purpose? 3. Who is the intended audience? 4. What is the broader cultural context that motivated the writing of the article? 5. How does the writer establish ethos? 6. Does the writer appeal to logos (logic)? 7. Does the writer appeal to pathos (emotions)?

ENG 105 Topic 2 DQ 1 Look again at the CDC's Web page about ADHD. In 150-200 words, please analyze the document’s purpose and audience. Who, for example, is the CDC's audience? What are the CDC's beliefs about ADHD, and how does the CDC's Web page relate itself to those beliefs? Why would the federal government post a Web page about ADHD? What role does the general public expect the government to play regarding disorders such as ADHD? During the week, go back and read some of your classmat...

ENG 105 Topic 3 DQ 3 Use the following checklist to help make final revisions on your essay: Are the introduction, body, and conclusion clearly defined? • Does the introduction provide sufficient background for the reader? • Is there a thesis statement that makes the main ideas of the essay clear? • Does every paragraph address the subject matter of the thesis in some way? • Does the essay show that the writer has a knowledge of the audience? • Is there credible support, specific exa...

ENG 105 Topic 3 DQ 1 As the name implies, visual rhetoric means the part of communication that involves what is seen, including colors, forms, and the way what we are seeing is laid out on the page. Font type and size can also be included in visual design. The term rhetoric can sometimes cause confusion, so for clarity’s sake; here it means techniques used for the sake of persuasion. Keeping these definitions in mind, describe an image from one of the CDC website pages on ADHD ( During t...

ENG 105 Topic 5 DQ 3 Provide a sample in-text citation that you plan to use in your evaluation essay you are currently writing. Use one of the head/body/tail combinations from our textbook (Chapter 2). Then create a second citation for the same source, but use a different head/body/tail combination. As the week progresses, comment on your class mates' in-text citations. Do you think they were cited correctly? Why or why not? How do different patterns create different impressions about the ...

ENG 105 Topic 6 DQ 2 What are some of the causes or consequences related to the trend you identified earlier this week? (Or, if you posted something about a policy or event, what do you see as the causes or consequences of those?) Who (or what) do you think is responsible for the problem, or who (or what) deserves credit for solving some part of the problem? During the week, review your classmates’ posts and discuss similarities and differences between your response and your peers’ responses...

ENG 105 Topic 6 DQ 1 Do some research to identify a trend, event, or a policy related to ADHD. If you look on news websites, you can identify and discuss what reporters are currently writing about ADHD. If you look at the policy statements by institutions such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( During the week, go back and review your classmates’ posts and discuss similarities and differences between your response and your peers’ responses.

ENG 105 Topic 6 DQ 1 Do some research to identify a trend, event, or a policy related to ADHD. If you look on news websites, you can identify and discuss what reporters are currently writing about ADHD. If you look at the policy statements by institutions such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( During the week, go back and review your classmates’ posts and discuss similarities and differences between your response and your peers’ responses.