English 1110 and 1120 Central New Mexico Community College

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Tammy Wolf, Central New Mexico Community CollegeFollow
Megan Barnes, Central New Mexico Community CollegeFollow

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English 1110 and 1120: Central New Mexico Community College is an open educational resource that helps students develop college-level reading, writing, and research skills. The text introduces rhetorical concepts, discourse communities, and the writing process while providing guidance on academic argument, source evaluation, and documentation styles such as MLA and APA. Designed as a low-cost resource, it supports students in building effective communication skills for academic success.

Publication Date

Spring 4-6-2026

Publisher

Central New Mexico Community College

City

Albuquerque

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1. Introduction to College Writing at CNM

2. Part 1: Introduction to College Writing

   1. Chapter 1: Introduction to College Writing at CNM

   2. Chapter 2: Discourse Communities and Conventions

   3. Chapter 3: Reading Strategies

   4. Chapter 4: Common Writing Assignments

3. Part 2: Writing Processes

   1. Chapter 5: Digital Tools for the Prewriting Process

   2. Chapter 6: Considering Audience

   3. Chapter 7: Writing for Different Rhetorical Situations

   4. Chapter 8: Drafting Strategies

   5. Chapter 9: Outlining

   6. Chapter 10: Thesis Development

   7. Chapter 11: Paragraph Development

   8. Chapter 12: Revising

   9. Chapter 13: Proofreading and Peer Review

4. Part 3: Genres and Writing Conventions

   1. Chapter 14: Rhetorical Modes

   2. Chapter 15: Summary

   3. Chapter 16: Literacy Narratives

   4. Chapter 17: Memoir

   5. Chapter 18: Reflection Writing

   6. Chapter 19: Comparison and Contrast

   7. Chapter 20: Reports

   8. Chapter 21: Evaluations

   9. Chapter 22: Proposals

   10. Chapter 23: Digital Composition and Multimodal Texts

   11. Chapter 24: Digital Audiences

   12. Chapter 25: Multimodal Genres (Websites, Presentations, Infographics, Videos, and Podcasts)

5. Part 4: Analysis and Critical Thinking

   1. Chapter 26: What is Analysis?

   2. Chapter 27: Considering Your Subjectivity

   3. Chapter 28: Developing an Analysis from a Critical Reading of Examples

   4. Chapter 29: Using Interpretation to Develop Thesis

   5. Chapter 30: Explanations and Significance: Developing Your Analysis

   6. Chapter 31: Analyzing Visual Rhetoric

   7. Chapter 32: The Analytical Essay: Expressing Your Point of View

   8. Chapter 33: Synthesis for Research Writing

6. Part 5: Argumentative Writing

   1. Chapter 34: Recognizing the Rhetorical Situation and Rhetorical Fallacies

   2. Chapter 35: Rhetoric and Argumentation

   3. Chapter 36: Arguments and Persuasive Writing

   4. Chapter 37: The Public Argument

7. Part 6: Research Process, MLA and APA

   1. Chapter 38: Developing Your Research Process

   2. Chapter 39: Informative Research Reports

   3. Chapter 40: Exploratory Essays

   4. Chapter 41: Gathering Reliable Information

   5. Chapter 42: Evaluating Sources

   6. Chapter 43: Drafting Your Research Paper

   7. Chapter 44: Annotated Bibliography

   8. Chapter 45: Modern Language Association (MLA) Style

   9. Chapter 46: MLA Formatting

   10. Chapter 47: MLA Parenthetical or In-Text Citations

   11. Chapter 48: MLA Works Cited

   12. Chapter 49: APA Formatting

   13. Chapter 50: APA Citing and Referencing Techniques

   14. Chapter 51: APA References Section

8. Additional Readings

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   3. Book Review: The End of Ownership

   4. Everything You Need to Know About the Radical Roots of Wonder Woman

9. Appendix

Recommended Citation

Wolf, Tammy and Megan Barnes. "English 1110 and 1120 Central New Mexico Community College." (2026). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/unm_oer/13

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