How does American writing and literature reveal American values and themes?How does a writer’s craft impact meaning?What are the standard English conventions and how can I employ them in my own writing?Develop a claim that answers each Essential Question. This claim will become the topic sentence for your answer to each question.Draft your responses. Make sure you are including multiple pieces of specific evidence from at least five different texts that we’ve read this year.the course syllabus includes an overview of all the texts and time periods we have learned about. use it