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Why Murder?

        Why Murder? A Rhetorical Analysis of P.D. James’ An Unsuitable Job For A Woman By Nicole G. Brown English 5001 Term Paper Dr. Kim Devries   Introduction      Rhetoric is revealing of truth; it is this…

Final Research Paper – SMS

Can We Do It?: SMS in EDU   Dawn Hamilton – English 5001 May 28, 2009   Rhetoricians and educators have been trying for centuries to develop learning methods that encourage dialogic and participatory classroom settings. The struggle to create…

Stoller Commentary 5870

I hope I am not the only one in our class that enjoyed reading this article by Paul Stoller that beautifully blends the ideas of “Ethnography/Memoir/Imagination/Story.”  I think that most Americans have this preconceived notion that storytelling is for children…

Hooks and Shaughnessy

bell hooks – “Rebel’s Dilemma”   The sociality of error is a concept aptly exemplified in bell hooks’ “Rebel’s Dilemma”. This theory, modeled and coined by Mina Shaughnessy in her Errors and Expectations, provides a justification for writers of advanced…

Foucault

            Panopticon by Michael Foucault definitely was a bizarre piece.  In a sense, I felt like I was reading stage directions for a screenplay about a plague that occurred in the future which described in detail how steps of the…

English 5870: Worlde.Net

In a hysterically, busy moment, I took a break and discovered http://wordle.net. . Has anyone every heard of this? It turns writing into word pictures, teachers use it a lot for essays. Check out my worlde for the Goffman post:  http://www.wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/876240/Goffman . You…

Research Paper – Draft

Research Project – 5001 Question Can Rhetorical Devices play an effective role in bringing about emotions and feelings of the audience? Abstract You are left on a deserted Island and there is less or at least no hope for survival.…