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Socrates on rhetoric
The Socratic Dialogue is an interesting reading about the definition and use of rhetoric. In my opinion rhetoric is the game of words; an artificer of persuasion that creates belief about just among the masses. The rhetoricians convince men that his point of view is true, therefore he should be true. I think the... »
Commentary #1: Purcell-Gates
Adam Russell Professor DeVries English 5870 23 January 2009 Commentary #1 The Fine Balance between Participant and Observer Last Saturday’s episode of Law & Order: SVU contained a plot device where a stripper is interrogated for a brutal attack on a “client” that was left to die in Central Park. As the detectives continued to ask her questions... »
Commentary #1 Purcell-Gates
Keri Ortiz 5870 Dr. DeVries February 24, 2009 Ethnographic Research In the chapter titled “Ethnographic Research” author Victoria Purcell-Gates gives the reader an overview of the process behind ethnography and a few different approaches as observed by Purcell-Gates in several well-known ethnographic studies that a researcher may take. From her summary of the topic one can conclude... »
Week 2 Commentary #1
Tina Bell English 5870 Dr. Devries February 24, 2008 Commentary #1 It seems that Victoria Purcell-Gates in her article, “”Ethnographic Research,” not only validates the importance of ethnographic research as a method for studying areas about which little is known, but also details the differences between this research methodology and quantitative research for use a rigorous guideline for those... »
Week 2 – Harris Chap 1
Maria Shreve Dr. DeVries English 5870 February 24, 2009 In the introduction of Rewriting, Joseph Harris, discusses exactly how intellectuals write in response to text, that is, the work of others. (1) He states that it simply is not enough to summarize a text, but that respondents are expected to add to it and reinterpret the texts. (2)... »