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Connecting Burke And Levinas: A Counter To The Rhetoric And Ethics Of Expediency, Gerry Joseph Morrow Jan 2012

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 Jan 2011

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 Jan 2005

Negotiating "Post" Era Writing Pedagogies, Hannah Sloan Holbrook

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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 Jan 2004

Rhetorical And Narrative Structures In John Hersey's Hiroshima: How They Breathe Life Into The Tale Of A Doomed City, James Richard Smart

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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 Jan 2003

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 Jan 2003

Implicature And Argumentation, Jon Nelsen Preacher

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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 Jan 1998

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 Jan 1996

Epistemic Rhetoric: Its History And Influences, R. Bradley Mcclanahan

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No abstract provided.


A Rhetorical Analysis Of Plato's Phaedrus, Kathryn King Barber Jan 1994

A Rhetorical Analysis Of Plato's Phaedrus, Kathryn King Barber

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No abstract provided.


Basic Writers, Oral Strategies, And The Writing Process, Deborah Ann Johnson Jan 1992

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 Jan 1989

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 Jan 1988

Modern Rhetoric/Ancient Realities, James Walsh Friedenbach

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No abstract provided.


Figures Of Speech And Political Manipulations: The Scapegoating Of The Monarch In Thomas Paines's Common Sense, Katherine Wesley Abu-Shabakeh Jan 1988

Figures Of Speech And Political Manipulations: The Scapegoating Of The Monarch In Thomas Paines's Common Sense, Katherine Wesley Abu-Shabakeh

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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 Jan 1988

"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 Jan 1986

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 Jan 1982

Reader-Response Criticism And Its Implications For The Teaching Of Writing, Linda Leigh Sherman

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.