Abstract

In our analysis of seventy-five FYC writing assignment prompts, we identify common elements and offer pedagogical suggestions so faculty can use assignment sheets as rhetorical tools to introduce students to writing studies’ threshold concepts.

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Teaching English in the Two-Year College
Published
2020-05-01
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10.58680/tetyc202030647
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