Writing: Grammar, Syntax, and Style (WRIT2250)
Information valid for Semester 1, 2025
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Attendance mode
In Person
Class hours
1L,1.5T
Prerequisite
WRIT1005
Assessment methods
Quizzes, Blog Entries, In-Class Exam
Course enquiries
Doctor Amber Gwynne (Semester 1, St Lucia, In person)
Study Abroad
This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.
Current course offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
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Course description
This course will extend the grounding in the fundamentals of grammar, syntax, and style that are dealt with in WRIT1005, WRIT2000, and WRIT2005. It will build on students' intuitive understanding of how words work, and equip them with a command of sentence structure and style by providing them with strategies to edit at an advanced level. The course will cover word usage; phrases and clauses; sentence structure and types of sentences; case of nouns and pronouns; tense, mood, form, and voice of verbs; modal verbs; agreement of subject and verb; pronoun reference; adjectives and adverbs; modifiers, conjunctions, parallelism; prepositions; punctuation; coherence and cohesion; figures of speech; emphasis, euphony, rhythm, and elegance; ethos and persona.