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COLLEGE ENGLISH WRITING ;;Quote;The following are necessary:;Introduction Questions;Why writing is important.;Writing influences the way people think;To write comprehensible sentences and paragraphs, we need to put words in a certain order: follow subjects with verbs, coordinate parallel ideas, subordinate the particular to the general.;From different kinds of writing, we learn different ways of developing our thought: reflecting critically on our own behavior in autobiography; distinguishing fact from opinion in concept explanations; making judgments based on evidence and the dialectic between opposing points of views in position papers.;We learn to analyze and evaluate ideas and to synthesize what we learn from others and experience firsthand.;Quotes;Writing helps us test, clarify, and extend our understanding of the world. Writing helps us find and establish our own knowledge and ideas. It allows us to bring together and connect new and old ideas: as we discover and understand new concepts, writing helps us relate them to other ideas.;Quotes;Writing promotes success in college and on the job;Confer: (on, upon) to give (a title, honor, favor, etc.). Assert: to state or declare forcefully.;Writing is the act of saying I , of imposing oneself upon other people, of saying listen to me, see it my way, change your mind. -Joan Didion Writing has been for a long time my major tool for self-instruction and self-development. -Toni Cade Bambara;Impel: [T(to)] (esp. of an idea, feeling, etc.) to drive (someone) to take action. Impulse: 1.a sudden wish to do something; sudden urge. 2. A reason or aim which is the cause of activity, stimulus. Provocative: likely to cause strong feeling, e.g. of anger or sexual interest.;As writers, we speak out for many different reasons: to entertain, to let readers know what we think or how we feel, to influence readers’ decisions, actions, or beliefs. We may even confront readers, presenting them with a critical view of their attitudes