FYS



FYS class
(Concerns General studies and helps us get acclimatized to university life)

·       Allows us to write and cite in MLA and APA format
·       While writing an essay or an article about a subject the Rhetoric part can be given importance and can make it more appealing for the professor to read and of course grade well.
Keeps us aware at every point that writing does not only mean to provide facts and information, but it is about how we can make it more effective and adequate for the reader to enjoy and easily understand it. Unless it is engaging for the reader to read no information can become cogent and standard enough for taking it into consideration. 

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