English 5001

Incoherence of the Incoherence

Incoherence of the Incoherence   This consequence, that everything which exists is simple, is a necessary consequence for the philosophers, if they assume that the First Agent is like a simple agent in the empirical world. But this consequence is…

Lu Xing

Lu Xing           Lu Xing says that“Chinese rhetoric has  implicit rhetorical practices are contained in literary and historical texts” (Xing 2).  “There is, in fact, no single unified signifier, equivalent to the term rhetoric, in Chinese texts” (Xing 3).“In the…

Emig

Tina Bell English 5001 9 May 2009 Commentary I have always written the given assignment and then doubled the time it took me to calculate how quickly my most experienced might need to finish the writing assignment. I do this…

Peter Elbow

Peter Elbow – Teacherless Writing Class Peter Elbow has provided us with some optimistic views on a Teacherless writing class. Elbow elaborates on the communicable / oral aspects of a teacher less writing class. According to Elbow “ When non…

Dawn’s review of Mike C.

Mike’s review: These are all my thoughts while reading. No conventional stuff. Okay, I lied. One conventional thing: too many prepositional endings! Clearly stated point to this paper. Culture and language joined at the hip. Nicely worded. Easy to recall.…

SMS-To Use or Not to Use

Dawn,   You present a clear topic:  Can or should  SMS (Short Message Service) be used in the classroom?  You begin in your lit review by discussing the “m learning” and Chinese college.  Then you wrap up your research with a…

Emotional Rhetoric Two

Sarika,  After reading the questions given to us by Dr. Devries I feel that I didn’t give you structured feedback.  So, I’ll try and do that now.  What is the research question driving your research?  I don’t have a clear…

Emotional Rhetoric

Sarika, You pose an interesting question.  Emotions and their affect on rhetoric is a good topic.  Your research is sound.  I would only suggest that you connect your introduction to the section about the speech by Mark Anthony.  It was…