The first article from Janet Emig does an interesting job reminding us of how we learn. I used to use a similar idea when I would tell my students to use flash cards for memorization because it uses all the…
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Question #3– Spivak Yes, I agree with Spivak. I think that over time, if one learns to write well in a normal context, then that same person will have the ability to write for an audience. In a sense, they…
ESL Post
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The main idea that I got from the first reading of this week is that 2nd language learners have a history of not being represented well in the college English classroom. In the beginning, it was deemed that anyone who…
Midterm– A3 & B2
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A3. In writing classes today, how might a perception that studying rhetoric will lead to virtue manifest itself in pedagogy? You may draw on your experience as a teacher and/or student, as well as our class discussion. Teaching rhetoric as…
Flowery Chinese Rhetoric and My Brother’s Mother-in-Law
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It doesn’t surprise me that the Western culture has all but diminished not only Chinese rhetoric, but Indian as well, as either meaningless or non-existent. For the past two weeks we have read about all of the false accusations about…
Nyaya Poster Boy
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The feeling I get when I read about Nyaya is one of sharing, compatibility, and caring. I feel that the rhetorical form of Nyaya is concerned with finding common ground in regards to the truth between two parties as opposed…
Medieval Response
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I am not sure I totally agree with Ramus’s point that scholars of rhetoric do not need a well balanced background in order to be good orators. In everyday life, I find that people who are smart in many areas…
Week 2- Commentary
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I often look at people who can’t get along with others, or who always seem to be at odds with society, and I say, “That person just doesn’t get it.” What I usually mean by this is that they don’t…
Week 1 Read On
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All of the readings this week had me agreeing with them. I found myself on the side of Socrates and Isocrates without having much knowledge about their opponents. I looked at some of the techniques that allowed me to agree…
5/5/09 Log-5870
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Joel Manfredi natural cures for herpes Log for 5-5-09 Dr. De Vries Ferguson, “Don’t Believe The Hype” Joel reads the Log Adam remembers how the book “Dirt” got brought up… because it was from the four points…