Ashford ENG121: English Composition I discussion

Prepare: As you prepare to write your first discussion for this week, do the following:

• Review Chapters 6, 7, and 8 of Essentials of College Writing.
• Review the Grading Rubric for this discussion.

Reflect: Take time to reflect on the personal essay you have been working on as well as the journals that you have been writing. Think about the different genres that are described in Chapters 6, 7, and 8.

Write: In your initial post for this discussion

• Describe how point of view, structure, and tone differ in the three different types of genres explained in Chapters 6, 7, and 8 of the textbook.
• Explain which of the genres the journal entry most closely resembles and why.
• Ask your peers a question you have about this week’s assigned reading.

Your initial post must be 200 to 300 words in length. Support your claims with examples from the required material(s) and/or other scholarly sources, and properly cite any references as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center