Traces the history, theory, and practice of rhetoric (effective persuasion) from classical times to the modern era. Students analyze key works and apply rhetorical strategies in written argumentation.

Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 2E or 2LK; upper-division standing.

4

Units

Letter

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

Upper division only

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
Jessica Zisa
2.4
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11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
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09:30 AM - 10:55 AM
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WRIT 105R Zisa J E Winter 2025 Total: 18
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Writ2 . 8 Months Ago

STAY AWAY. This class has a 60% A rate, but 80% of anyone in her lecture will not recieve an A. She rambles and rambles on about arbitrary concepts. She talks for the entire 2 hours even though all of the other lecturers let students go early. She expects you to read so many of the readings and fills the entire class with a mountain of busy work.

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Writ2 . 8 Months Ago

I had Dr. Zisa for Writing 1 and 2 and I would recommend taking her class. I found the class content rather boring at times, but I think it would be this way with any professor. Dr. Zisa is very kind and has lenient grading policies. She breaks the projects down into 3-4 parts so the work did not feel too overwhelming.

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Writ2 . 8 Months Ago

Jessica is a great professor, but her classes are very lecture-heavy. Half of the information provided by her could be shortened significantly. I found myself confused a lot by her instructions provided on the assignments because of the over-informative nature. However, achieving an A isn't very hard w/ her, participate and do your work on time.

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Writ1 . 9 Months Ago

Zisa is an amazing professor! Very kind and helpful. If you want to truly improve your writing and would like an active professor who provides honest constructive criticism, she is the way to go!

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Writ1 . 9 Months Ago

Dr. Zisa is a pretty good professor. Attendance is mandatory, and her lectures are mundane. But she's very nice with grading and is always open to questions or help. We had two writing assignments and a megnacognitive letter at the end, all put together in a website for our final.

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Writ2 . 1 Year, 1 Month Ago

Had her for a condensed 6 week version of writing 2. I'm surprised there's bad reviews because I thought she was really sweet, yeah she talks a lot more than necessary and overexplains but the material wasn't very difficult and I thought she graded very leniently and put a lot of effort into feedback and helping students progress.

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