Tina Bell 5001 Dr. Devries 4 March, 2009 Week 3 Commentary Perceptions and Preconceptions Throughout the entire reading of Xing Lu’s article, “Rhetoric in Ancient China,” connections to two other interesting works kept weaving through my mind. In my…
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Visual Rhetoric
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This post is in response to Dr. DeVries post about Nixon/Kennedy and the Aristotle reading. In this modern or rather postmodern world, not only do we have to deal with constructing arguments in written and verbal forms, but we must have…
Lost in Translation
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Xing Lu says one of the problems with the existing research on Chinese rhetoric is a dependency on translations. The texts we have read so far were not originally composed in English; they were written in Greek or Latin or…
Rhetoric vs. Poetic
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Rhetoric and poetry have been linked for millenia. Aristotle treated both subjects in works that are still read today. For much of history rhetoric has been considered to be superior to poetry. In section XVI, Cicero declares oratory to be…
Wk 3/CM#2
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Adam Russell Professor DeVries English 5870 1 May 2009 Week #3/Commentary #2 The Distribution of Power in the Classroom The successful teacher understands that the learning process is something that never ends. However, a power relationship should exist…
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Ruth Ray is optimistic about “the influence of teacher research on education” (187). I like Keri and others am surprised that teacher research is a new movement. However, I am learning that ‘new’ ideas in the world of education are…
Commentary 2
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Ruth Ray focuses on the context of the classroom and the community when talking about effective teacher research. University research that deals in mass generalizations and standardized testing does little to help in teaching students. The main reason for this…
Research Paper Details
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Term Papers: I am asking you to identify a question about rhetoric , rhetorical theory, composition, or composition theory to explore during the term and to report on at the end. This assignment is built to mimic professional genres as…
Commentary #2 — Ruth Ray
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“Compositions from the Teacher-Research Point of View” by Ruth Ray I found that Ray’s article suggests that teacher research is looked down upon by the currently accepted field of university researchers. Why? I offer that the ruling ideology has to…
5870 Commentary #2Ray
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Commentary #2 “Compositions from the Teacher-Research Point of View” Ruth Ray In our last reading we learned that to be an ethnographic researcher, an observer had the following two possibilities for approaching the target group. One option has the researchers…