Ling 120 Grammar/Writing Level 2 (Low-Intermediate)

Focus on paragraph development, with work on introduction, body and conclusion for a short essay. Review of narrative and descriptive rhetorical styles and verb forms introduced in Level E. Introduction to process, comparison/ contrast, and classification as rhetorical styles; use of logical connectors for addition and contrast; outlining ideas for essay organization. An introduction to present perfect tense, modal auxiliaries, gerunds and infinitives, passive voice, real conditions, and comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs. Emphasis on expanding single paragraph essays into short essays of three or more paragraphs using correct form, meaning and use of all new and reviewed structures.