Welcome! This is a class in English writing for both English and non-English majors. As youd expect, the form of the class is English writing (and I will mostly speak in English too). But the content of the class is going to be work from your other classes--literature, languages other than English, and even political science and economics. Youll bring material that you find interesting from your other classes and you will learn to cite, quote, and comment on what you are doing in your OTHER classes--English and non-English classes--in English. Just as citing and quoting is not simply a matter of using quotation marks, commenting is not just a matter of saying what you think. Well look at three kinds of commenting called elaboration (in other words), extension (and another thing) and enhancement (cause and consequence, reason and result, manner, means and circumstance). Above all, well look at how to structure what you have to say--in sentences, in paragraphs, and beyond.