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Emsley, “Ideas” (Britain and the French Revolution 9-20) (online)  

Emsley, “War” (Britain and the French Revolution 53-69) (online)

“Some Contemporary Criticisms” of Lyrical Ballads (additions online)  

Barbauld, “Sins of Government” (online)

Coleridge, “France: An Ode, “Fears in Solitude” (online)

Coleridge, “Jacobinism,” “Once a Jacobin Always a Jacobin” (online)

Wordsworth, selections from “Sonnets Dedicated to Liberty” (online)

Shelley, Prometheus Unbound (online)

Writing and Rhetoric

Everything You Should Have Learned in English 101

Ethos, Logos, Pathos: Three Ways to Persuade

Walvoord and McCarthy on Good/Better/Best

Organizing an Essay: Using Representative Cases

Organizing an Essay: Cause and Effect

What to Avoid and What to Do (Developing an Essay)

Use of Text (MLA Citation)

MLA Citation Examples

Writing Effective Sentences

Writing Effective Paragraphs

Grading Scales

Essay Grading Rubric

Sample Diederich Grading Scale

Commonly Used Grading Criteria

Notes to Style

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