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Connecting Burke And Levinas: A Counter To The Rhetoric And Ethics Of Expediency, Gerry Joseph Morrow
Connecting Burke And Levinas: A Counter To The Rhetoric And Ethics Of Expediency, Gerry Joseph Morrow
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis exlores the current rhetoric of expediency in the United States and the expedient ethical perspective it fosters. It argues that the competitive rhetoric of corporate America has not only invaded every sector of society, but that it has caused untold human suffering by promoting what has become a mind-set, an expedient ideology.
Transmission Overhaul: Negotiating The Shift In Information And Knowledge Construction Among Generation M, Thomas Timothy Hite
Transmission Overhaul: Negotiating The Shift In Information And Knowledge Construction Among Generation M, Thomas Timothy Hite
Theses Digitization Project
This research draws upon recent research in the area of digital semiotics and offers a framework of remediation in the attempt to encourage the acceptance of digital composition as a valid space of rhetorical production.
Negotiating "Post" Era Writing Pedagogies, Hannah Sloan Holbrook
Negotiating "Post" Era Writing Pedagogies, Hannah Sloan Holbrook
Theses Digitization Project
This study examines how post-process theories are being defined, negotiated, and enacted in composition classrooms. While recognizing that most composition instruction remains shaped by modern and process oriented theories, this research asks how post-process considerations might be currently informing teaching practices in some classrooms.
Rhetorical And Narrative Structures In John Hersey's Hiroshima: How They Breathe Life Into The Tale Of A Doomed City, James Richard Smart
Rhetorical And Narrative Structures In John Hersey's Hiroshima: How They Breathe Life Into The Tale Of A Doomed City, James Richard Smart
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this thesis will explore rhetorical and narrative devices author John Hersey used to create Hiroshima, one of the foremost non-fictional works of the twentieth century.
The Knowledge And Skills Of Freshman Writers, Aram Paul Sarkisian
The Knowledge And Skills Of Freshman Writers, Aram Paul Sarkisian
Theses Digitization Project
This research identifies what proficient writers know and do by the end of their freshman year in college and raises the kind of questions that improve the articulation of English instruction.
Implicature And Argumentation, Jon Nelsen Preacher
Implicature And Argumentation, Jon Nelsen Preacher
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis explores the role, if any, that implicature plays as a strategy in informal debate. Transcripts of spontaneous debates from television and radio public affairs talk shows were analyzed with a focus on the use of implicature as a strategic rhetorical tool employed to gain advantage in an argument.
Teaching Collaborative Writing For Real-World Application To The Field Of Technical Writing, Cory Vaillancourt Holder
Teaching Collaborative Writing For Real-World Application To The Field Of Technical Writing, Cory Vaillancourt Holder
Theses Digitization Project
The needs of business and industry dictate that students be taught skills transferable to the workplace. Teaching collaborative writing for real-world application to the field of technical writing is one way to help prepare students for future employment in scientific and technical industries where the communication of technical information is part of conducting daily business.
Epistemic Rhetoric: Its History And Influences, R. Bradley Mcclanahan
Epistemic Rhetoric: Its History And Influences, R. Bradley Mcclanahan
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
A Rhetorical Analysis Of Plato's Phaedrus, Kathryn King Barber
A Rhetorical Analysis Of Plato's Phaedrus, Kathryn King Barber
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Basic Writers, Oral Strategies, And The Writing Process, Deborah Ann Johnson
Basic Writers, Oral Strategies, And The Writing Process, Deborah Ann Johnson
Theses Digitization Project
Linguistic research (differences and similarities between spoken and written language) -- Features of production (coordinating conjunctions, hedges, neuter pronouns, collocations, etc.) -- Features of interaction (personal pronouns, hyperbole, emphatics) -- Textual analysis evaluation -- Comparison of written words, oral features, and essay grades or scores received.
The Narrative Persona Of Martin Amis: A Transitional Stylistic Bridge Between Postmodernism And New Journalism, Janice Arlene Kollitz
The Narrative Persona Of Martin Amis: A Transitional Stylistic Bridge Between Postmodernism And New Journalism, Janice Arlene Kollitz
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Modern Rhetoric/Ancient Realities, James Walsh Friedenbach
Modern Rhetoric/Ancient Realities, James Walsh Friedenbach
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Figures Of Speech And Political Manipulations: The Scapegoating Of The Monarch In Thomas Paines's Common Sense, Katherine Wesley Abu-Shabakeh
Figures Of Speech And Political Manipulations: The Scapegoating Of The Monarch In Thomas Paines's Common Sense, Katherine Wesley Abu-Shabakeh
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
"Words Moving Secretly Toward Some Goal Of Their Own": The Rhetorical Use Of The "As If" In The Fiction Of Flannery O’Connor, Kellie Renee Rayburn
"Words Moving Secretly Toward Some Goal Of Their Own": The Rhetorical Use Of The "As If" In The Fiction Of Flannery O’Connor, Kellie Renee Rayburn
Theses Digitization Project
In an effort to reach readers who do not share her strict Roman Catholic beliefs, Flannery O'Connor employs a number of persuasive devices. Prominent among those devices is her rhetorical use of the "as if" construction. As a theoretical joining of the "reality" of this world with the "unknown" of the supernatural, the "as if" introduces "mystery," a vital part of the reader's experience with any of O'Connor's fictional works. By closely examining O'Connor's various uses of the construction in her short stories, the "as if's" differing effects on the reader become apparent. These effects are further demonstrated by a …
Sir Winston S. Churchill: An Examination Of Style, Curtis Woodrow Stark Ii
Sir Winston S. Churchill: An Examination Of Style, Curtis Woodrow Stark Ii
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Reader-Response Criticism And Its Implications For The Teaching Of Writing, Linda Leigh Sherman
Reader-Response Criticism And Its Implications For The Teaching Of Writing, Linda Leigh Sherman
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.