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Writing Culture Shock

Cultural variations in writing not only refer to differences across countries but across schooling systems as well. When I began college, I was lost. A first generation college student, I had limited guidance in what I could expect from the…

Midterm– A3 & B2

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…

Anne Engert Midterm, A2 and B1

Anne Engert Dr. Kim DeVries English 5001 9 Apr. 2010 Midterm A2: Explain the Classical and enlightenment definitions of rhetoric and propose a contemporary definition.  Account for the differences between the three. The Western rhetorical tradition has a long and…

Simi Dhaliwal Midterm

A 1. Discuss how views of this relationship have changed over time, or compare the issue across the Greek/Roman, Indian, and Chinese traditions we’ve discussed. The study of rhetoric has affected notions of ethics and virtue in almost all rhetorical…

Kyle Montero Mid-term: A2 & B2

A2: Explain the classical and Enlightenment definitions of rhetoric and propose a contemporary definition.  Account for differences between the three. To begin, it is important to examine the development of rhetoric as an art, which was initially questioned by Plato…

S. Miranda 5001 Midterm

Shirley Miranda Brenes English 5001 Dr. DeVries 6 April 2010 A1. Discuss how views of this relationship have changed over time, or compare the issue across the Greek/Roman, Indian, and Chinese traditions we’ve discussed. Rhetoric and Ethics across Greece/Rome, India,…