DSST Principles of Advanced English Composition case studies
DSST Principles of Advanced English Composition · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Principles of Advanced English Composition is a DSST exam listed in the Humanities category and recommended for 3 baccalaureate credits. DSST describes its content in three parts: elements of effective writing, reading and writing arguments, and using secondary sources. The DSST Principles of Advanced English Composition case studies are 5 cases and about 4,007 words.
1The 214-Word Scholarship Paragraph That 'Feels Like Effort'
Priya is revising the third paragraph of her 500-word application for a $4,000 chemistry scholarship. The prompt asks for a setback and what she learned.
748 words, about 4 min2The Main Street Bike-Lane Op-Ed and the Missing Denominator
Devon, a hardware-store owner, has written a 600-word op-ed for the Riverbend Gazette (population 38,000) opposing a council proposal to convert 2.1 miles of Main Street from four lanes to two lanes plus a protected bike lane. The council votes in three weeks.
812 words, about 4 min3Marco's Three Sources on Later School Start Times
Marco is writing a 10-page research paper for first-year composition on whether later school start times improve academic outcomes. He has three sources.
795 words, about 4 min4Renée's Test-Optional Op-Ed and the 62 Dining-Hall Surveys
Renée, a student senator, has drafted a 700-word op-ed for the faculty senate newsletter arguing that the university should stop requiring SAT or ACT scores. Her evidence: a survey of 62 first-year students she ran outside the dining hall, in which 71 percent agreed that "standardized tests do not reflect my ability"; one admissions counselor's opinion that the tests "add nothing"; and a comparison noting that a peer university went test-optional in 2019 and its applications rose 18 percent.
830 words, about 4 min5The Calibration Section Legal Will Not Let Him Rewrite Freely
At a medical-device company, Owen is editing the calibration section of an instructions-for-use document before it goes to a regulatory reviewer. If it is not done, inaccurate readings may result.
822 words, about 4 min