Mastering College Writing Essentials

Your English Comp final is basically testing if you can survive college writing.

Here's what actually matters: you'll write a thesis and paragraph using a passage they give

you, cite it in MLA or APA, and prove you can quote and paraphrase

without plagiarizing. Then they'll hand you a sketchy reference citation and ask if you'd trust it

in a research paper. The secret? Look for peer-reviewed sources, check the publication

date, and make sure the author isn't some random blog. They're also testing

if you know the difference between ethos, pathos, and logos,

plus a bunch of logical fallacies like ad hominem and slippery slope. Master source integration