The cognitive process is quite the mysterious thing. Without any particular knowledge of the brain and it’s mode of operation, the cognitive process is a complex series of events that occur simultaneously and in such a rapid succession that they…
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The Rhetoric of Sales: Infomercials in the Composition Classroom
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For my final paper, I plan on engaging in a two-fold research project. The end result will produce a product that can hopefully be used in the composition classroom in order to educate students on various rhetorical strategies and how…
Composition vs. Linguistics
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“Well DUH!” This was my continued feeling as I read through Paul K. Matsuda’s article “Composition Studies and ESL Writing: A Disciplinary Division of Labor.” Of course specialized ESL courses are necessary for second-language speakers. As Matsuda gives the history…
Discussion Questions for Berlin, Elbow, & Bartholomae (4/8)
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For our online discussion questions this week, I have attempted to pull some questions from each of the readings in order to generate an online discussion environment. Some ask merely for your thoughts on the readings while others are formulated…
(Re)Defining Rhetoric
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Based on the readings for the week, it seems to me that the 20th century recovery of rhetoric is about defining what is entailed when we talk about rhetoric. Not necessarily satisfied with the way rhetoric was being treated, intellectuals…
Creating a “New” Rhetoric
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I completely agree with what Joel has written about the sense of caring and sharing in the Nyaya rhetorical perspective. It appears that within that system of dialogue and debate, the goal is to come to a common understanding of…
Aristotle’s Rhetoric
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Go from one Greek philosopher to the next, throw in a few Roman thinkers and it becomes clear through this class’ readings that the power of rhetoric is not lost on today’s society. Comparing the education of today with that…
Where’s My Toga?
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Time to break out the white sheets and sling them over our shoulders to create togas. The only way to truly understand Greek philosophers like Plato and Isocrates is to become one of them…and even then it gets difficult. When…