...rather context clues. They’re context clues in the sense that they tell us about the individual in the photograph, and they give us a lot of information about him and what he may possibly do. Without these context clues, it would be extremely difficult to formulate any opinions as to who the man in the photograph is or what he does. However with them, we can develop an idea as to who the man is and what he does. A wise man once told me that you could tell a lot about a person by what he/she keep on his/her desk and how his/her office looks. In this photograph a man sits at his very detailed and organized desk with awards hanging on the wall that acknowledge his many achievement, with an accomplished and proud look on his face. Humans are visual people, and what we see affects what we believe and feel. The photograph evokes pathos in the sense of the man’s facial expression and appearance, as well as logos in the sense that the items in his office help give him credibility and tell us about him. For the sake of reference,...
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...NOTE: All matters associated with this course are subject to change at the instructor's discretion. Any and all changes will be communicated to students in writing. Course Description RHET 1302 will prepare you for college-level writing while helping you develop your critical thinking skills. Rhetoric is the study and practice of how people communicate messages, not only in writing and speech, but also through visual and digital mediums. In this class, you will develop skills to analyze the way rhetoric, in its various forms, addresses audiences. By paying attention to the strategies that good writers and speakers use to persuade their particular audiences, you will learn to reason better and to persuade others in your own writing, both through rhetorical appeals and through analysis of audience, purpose, and exigency that is at the heart of the study of rhetoric. For RHET 1302, you will read and reread texts and write multi-draft essays. Practically speaking, you will learn skills that you can use in your future course work regardless of your major. Student Learning Objectives • Students will be able to write in different ways for different audiences. • Students will be able to write effectively using appropriate organization, mechanics, and style. • Students will be able to construct effective written arguments. • Students will be able to gather, incorporate, and interpret source material in their writing. Required Texts Rosenwasser, David and...
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...reading, literary elements and rhetorical devices. Students also review the SOAPSTONE (subject, occasion, audience, purpose, speaker, tone, organization, narrative style and evidence) strategy for use in analyzing prose and visual texts along with three of the five cannons of rhetoric: invention, arrangement and style. ▪ Students learn the format of the AP test, essay rubric and essay structure. ▪ Students take a full-length AP test for comparison purposes in the spring. Reading: The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne Writing: Answer the following question in one paragraph. Use quotes from the novel as evidence. Some readers believe that the elaborate decoration that Hester embroiders on the scarlet letter indicates her rejection of the community’s view of her act. Do you agree or disagree? Explain your position using evidence from the text. (test grade) Writing: Write a well-developed essay addressing the following prompt. Document all sources using MLA citation. Compare Hester to a modern day person who has been shunned. Provide at least two research sources for the other person. (project grade) Reading: “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” Jonathan Edwards Analyzing: SOAPSTONE and cannons of rhetoric Reading: Teacher Introduction Essay Writing: Students and teacher evaluate where each student’s writing is and where it needs to be by analyzing students’ introductory...
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...Program in Writing and Rhetoric Autumn 2005 Honorable Mention Matthew Gribble Instructor’s Foreword Movies tell us that in the wake of a murder, detectives would stretch what appear to be pipe cleaners, or a very taut yarn, through the bullet holes left in walls, in lamps, in the hollow doors of haunted rooms. The yarn was there to demonstrate the location of the shooter – or indeed, shooters – relative to the victim. But the fact is that other forces might have conspired in the murder. (Poison may have been used; bullets may have been fired only as an afterthought; perhaps they were fired by the victim himself, before he died . . .) Yarn can tell us the story only in certain circumstances. As a researcher and a writer, Matthew Gribble analyzes his crime scene with diligence and care. The crisis: The shortage of nurses in America. The question: How and why did this shortage become a persistent problem? Matthew affixes strings of yarn to a number of gunshots: the increasing average age of the workforce, long hours, work that is often menial or clerical, and finally, relatively low salaries. But these strands lead to new questions, wider causes which have nothing to do with social yarn. These new questions have to do with rhetoric and the enduring association of nursing with “women’s work” and “femininity.” Matthew has the audacity to ask how the rhetoric of femininity actually functions. How and why are we compelled to accept images and tropes as ‘normal’ or ‘natural’ when...
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...Eng 105-Comp 1 Proposal Essay November 1, 2013 Stimulation For my visual rhetoric I plan to use an electronic based visual due to my lack of ability to design and draw. I feel that the significance in my claim deserves a strong visual to go with it at which I would not be able to do justice with my drawing. My visual is going to use a very dark grey background to show emotion of depression or remorse. It will also shows bright colors that represent the flag of the United States as well as writing at which would define the purpose of the claim. The images in the visual argument are going to be positioned in a downward diagonal line with a larger image in the middle outlined by a black border to show importance. The smaller images give two different views one is in color as if they are watching it on the television and the other is absent of color and provides still space with a black and white photo of a famous person. The repetition although small is in the alignment and the size of the photos. The smaller photos are identical in size and our consumed by the main picture by the same amount of space. The color of the United States flag is going to convey patriotism and emotionally draw in the audience. The showing of the bold white lettering of the typography is going to show that there is a bold and strong allegiance to the United States flag. I feel that this statement will define the argument and can be presented in other ways and still convey the claim. The other...
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...THEORY OF VISUAL RHETORIC In this article, we are dealing with a meaning and representative reality of pictures. In todays world there are many pictures, shown and done in many different ways. We have various kinds of pictures in rich colours and textures. The objective of this article is to reorient the study of advertising images by advocating the development of a theory of visual rhetoric. When we are taking about rhetorical theory, we say that it is an interpretative theory that frames a message as an interested party’s attempt to influence an audience. The sender’s message must be send as obvious one. It is also important how the message is sent – style of delivery. It is important that audience understand the message, therefore he uses shared knowledge of various vocabularies and conventions. Receiver/s use this same body of cultural knowledge to read the message, infer it, evaluate the argument and formulate a response. If we want to explain advertising images as a rhetoric one, we need to understand that visuals must have certain capabilities and characteristics. Visual elements are for representing concepts, abstractions, actions, etc. There must be an ability to guide the order of argumentation and visual elements need to carry meaningful variation in manner of delivery. To explain a visual communication complex we would need a symbol theory of pictures: one in which visuals signify by convention and not by resemblance to nature. Author claims, that visual arguments...
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...20 Spring 2013 Mrs. Mary Clark-Flynn Office RB 2115, office phone 5-8371 Email: mcupchurch@bsu.edu Office hours 11:00-12:oo, MWF, and on Thursdays by appointment Home phone 286-4895: Do not call after 9:00 p.m. General Information BOOKS Read, Reason, Write: an argument text and reader; ed. Dorothy U. Seyler The Purdue OWL Ball Point online URL http://goo.gl/nMnnb MATERIALS Two Pocket Folders Flash drives or what ever you need to save your work Course description: English 103: Rhetoric and Writing (3) Introduces and develops understanding of principles of rhetoric; basic research methods; elements, strategies, and conventions of persuasion used in constructing written and multi-modal texts. Prerequisite: appropriate placement. Not open to students who have credit in ENG 101 or 102. Course Goals * Understand that persuasion—both visual and verbal—is integral to reading and composing * Understand how persuasive visual and verbal texts are composed for different audiences and different purposes * Develop effective strategies of invention, drafting, and revision for different rhetorical situations and individual composing styles * Compose texts in various media using solid logic, claims, evidence, creativity, and audience awareness * Integrate primary and secondary research as appropriate to the rhetorical situation * Develop strategies for becoming more critical and careful readers of both their own and others’ texts ...
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...located at every corner it’s a lot quicker to grab three Burger King combos for the family rather than finding time to go home and make a fresh cooked meal. The various factors of unhealthy living lead to multiple life threatening diseases; such as diabetes. Within this selected article they discuss why so many of us are getting diabetes. This article goes in depth about where diabetes comes from and the factors that we humans fail to follow to prevent such a disease. It shares stories of several individuals of various age groups that have diabetes. Then the article slowly moves into further detail as to what diabetes is and the daunting results from it. Despite the plain structure of the article the informative title and use of Aristotelian Rhetoric allow for Laura Randall to share a message effectively. Let’s begin with the title of the selection. The article is entitled “Why so Many of Us Are Getting Diabetes.” Taking a glance at this article it doesn’t grab the attention of the reader as there is no part of the title that pulls the reader into wanting to read more. Although using a question as the title of an article does have an effective purpose. It is written in straightforward manner that allows for the reader to know specifically what the article will be discussing. Once past the title we are then lead to the introduction. This introduction is slightly different from typical introductions; it presents an anecdote about a patient who...
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...The first time that I began writing the English academic essay is three years ago. In order to apply for universities in America, I should take the SAT test. In the test, the hardest part for me is writing. At that time, I realized that writing is never easy for an international student. It is a big challenge to write an academic paper by using the second language. The argument, thesis, word choices and grammar always bother me. However, I know that writing is the most important skill for a college student, so I never stop practicing and improving it. I took a writing class 20C and 39A in my first year. Both of them helped me a lot to improve writing skills. Last quarter, I took 39B, which was my first time to know rhetorical writing. When I take writing 39C this quarter, I learn deeply about the rhetorical and research...
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...Sta arbuck ks, a Li ifestyl le Th he Persu uasion of f Coffee Case ey McGrath h Who goe es to Starbu ucks? Coffe ee lovers, right? But is it just coffe ee lovers in general, or r is a specific portion of t the populat tion signific cantly more e attracted to the atmo osphere Starbuck ks exudes? Is going to Starbucks a ritual‐like e compulsio on for some e people in n our post‐mo odern era? I I wanted to know the a answers to these questions. In this report, I analyze the brandin ng choices of the most t famous co offee shop in the world d. After rea ading and analyzing the q quotes featu ured on the e back of St tarbuckʹs to o‐go cups (ʺThe Way I See Itʺ quote es), which a are submitt ted by custo omers and s selected by y Starbucks, , I argue tha at Starbuck ksʹ subtle branding tec chniques en ncourage a specific life estyle for th heir target market. Overview Skylar, a wealthy British student at Harvard, approaches Will, an Irish‐American janitor from South Boston, hands him a slip of paper, and says, “There’s my number. So maybe we can go out for coffee sometime.” Taking her number, Will replies coyly, “All right, yeah, or maybe we can just get together and eat a bunch of caramels.” “What do you mean?” Skylar asks. “Well, when you think about it, it’s as arbitrary as drinking coffee.” ~Good Will Hunting It doesn’t really matter where in the world you go these days, because you can probably still get ...
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...Mr. Macomber English 3 AP Syllabus 1.5 English 3 AP Course Overview Students in this introductory college-level course read and carefully analyze a broad and challenging range of nonfiction prose selections, deepening their awareness of rhetoric and how language works. Through close reading and frequent writing, students develop their ability to work with language and texts in order to establish greater awareness of purpose and strategy, while strengthening their own composing abilities. C16 Students examine rhetoric in essays, images, movies, novels, and speeches. They frequently confer about their writing by conferencing in class. C 14 Feedback is given both before and after students revise their work to help them develop logical organization, enhanced by specific techniques to increase coherence. Rhetorical structures, graphic organizers, and work on repetition, transitions, and emphasis are addressed. I comment on individual drafts, and I write memos to the class in a blog about whole-class concerns such as specificity of quotations, parallelism, and transitions. C13 Simultaneously, students review the simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentence classifications. We examine word order, length, and surprising constructions. Loose and periodic sentences are introduced. We examine sample sentences and discuss how change affects tone, purpose, and credibility of the author/speaker. In addition, feedback on producing sentence structure variety...
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...Analyzing Once More to the Lake In E.B. White’s Once More to the Lake, White is continually questioning his own mortality and identity. The theme of White’s essay is the passage of time and the changes that occur. After returning to the lake from being absent for so many years, White relives the memories from the lake he visited as a child. At times he would catch himself living a duel existence. White is trapped between a world that seems impermeable to changes yet realizing his own acceptances of life. White’s childhood memories of the lake leads him to realize his own mortality. When reading White’s essay it is prevalently clear that he would relive the lake through his son, Joe. White finds it difficult to distinguish himself from his...
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...solve a business or management problem; or an creative approach that mainly rely on statistical methods that would advance the current practice. The statistical method involved may or may not relate to statistical concepts or methods covered in the course. Students are encouraged to conduct their own literature research. Information collected from books, magazines or newspapers are acceptable, including any of those found in UNVA’s eLibrary. Students could invent their own practical and feasible solutions to some real issues they experience in their work, though not required. The article should describe well the background of the problem and each of the steps in solving the problem. The length of the article should be within 1500 words; visual aids, such as tables, charts, graphs should be included where necessary. Some business statistics applications example include • Select profitable stocks • Detect fraudulent claims • Score an applicant’s credit • Discover cross-selling opportunities for products • Quantify drug efficacy • Forecast new product sales • Discover new customers • Recognize objects in images • Verify identity through biometrics; and • Anticipate shifts in market sectors for hedge funds • Set individual health insurance premiums • Evaluate effectiveness of a government program • Improve human capital management through predictive analytics etc. Students are encouraged to explore others and consult with the faculty before start writing if necessary...
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...In Frank Rose’s essay he argues how people can get pleasure from talking about themselves. Rose uses logos to support his claim and make it stronger. He explains a study from Harvard researchers where they asked 212 people about themselves and other people. The study shows that people were more interested in questions pertaining to themselves rather than others. Rose’s use of logistical facts helps to add credibility to his claim. With the help from stats he can back up his claim and make it more reliable. Rose’s practice of logical facts defends his claim and therefore draw more people to his side. Overall the use of facts assists in making for a better argument. Another technique Rose use is visual rhetoric. Rose’s picture shows how people...
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...solve a business or management problem; or an creative approach that mainly rely on statistical methods that would advance the current practice. The statistical method involved may or may not relate to statistical concepts or methods covered in the course. Students are encouraged to conduct their own literature research. Information collected from books, magazines or newspapers are acceptable, including any of those found in UNVA’s eLibrary. Students could invent their own practical and feasible solutions to some real issues they experience in their work, though not required. The article should describe well the background of the problem and each of the steps in solving the problem. The length of the article should be within 1500 words; visual aids, such as tables, charts, graphs should be included where necessary. Some business statistics applications example include • Select profitable stocks • Detect fraudulent claims • Score an applicant’s credit • Discover cross-selling opportunities for products • Quantify drug efficacy • Forecast new product sales • Discover new customers • Recognize objects in images • Verify identity through biometrics; and • Anticipate shifts in market sectors for hedge funds • Set individual health insurance premiums • Evaluate effectiveness of a government program • Improve human capital management through predictive analytics etc. Students are encouraged...
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