•What is an essay?
•Which classical and contemporary rhetorical theories might be applied to student reading and writing?
•How can we employ the Daedalus Integrated Writing Environment to investigate a broad array of writing modes and purposes?
•How can we develop abilities and skepticism as close critical readers and skills as writers of prose?
•How can we develop a discursive community that will employ collaboration in the production of texts?
•How is each essay as a product of or for a specific rhetorical context?