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Full-Text Articles in Rhetoric and Composition
The Plenary Address: A Rhetorical Analysis, William James Amrine
The Plenary Address: A Rhetorical Analysis, William James Amrine
Theses Digitization Project
In terms of structure, style, content and intended audience, Genre Analysis 58, this thesis presents a rhetorical analysis of the plenary address as a genre. Four examples of the opening plenary were analyzed because they represent the opening plenary lecture-keynote speech type, the most common presented at conferences: Mina Shaughnessy and the teaching of writing, Keynote address, Literacy after the revolution and The uneasy partnership between grammar and writing instruction.
A Vision Of Human Solitude: Rhetoric Of Isolation And Ephemerality In Two Novels By Virginia Woolf, Marsha Lee Schuh
A Vision Of Human Solitude: Rhetoric Of Isolation And Ephemerality In Two Novels By Virginia Woolf, Marsha Lee Schuh
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis investigates the interrelationship between the two dominant themes, isolation and human ephemerality found in two of Virginia Woolf's books, To the lighthouse and The Waves.
The Beaded Web: Metaphor And Association In John Edgar Wideman's Sent For You Yesterday, Joel Wesley Kilpatrick
The Beaded Web: Metaphor And Association In John Edgar Wideman's Sent For You Yesterday, Joel Wesley Kilpatrick
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis looks at how Wideman takes advantage of the associative function of metaphor, creating a vast network, or web, or interconnected images. In deviating from linguistic norms, and growing steadily from page to page, this web causes the novel to appear symbolic. It also appears to have a symbolic meaning of its own, possibly representing the intricate social and spiritual connections that comprise the novel's fictional community of Homewood.
Evolving Outcomes Of The Outcomes Statement, Judith Miriam Holiday
Evolving Outcomes Of The Outcomes Statement, Judith Miriam Holiday
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis rhetorically analyzes the Outcomes Statement (OS) developed by "The Outcomes Collective" (a group of writing program administrators) for First-Year Composition. The OS was designed to create curricular consensus with regard to First-Year Composition both within and across postsecondary institutions. Though postmodern undertones permeate the OS, it can be interpreted from a purely modernist perspective. The thesis includes a chapter with suggestions on revising the OS to control this ambiguity.
The Writing Center As A Burkean Parlor: The Influence Of Gender And The Dual Engines Of Power: Collaboration And Conflict, Clara Louise Enoch
The Writing Center As A Burkean Parlor: The Influence Of Gender And The Dual Engines Of Power: Collaboration And Conflict, Clara Louise Enoch
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis examines writing centers and offers suggestions for tutor training that might help realize the ideal of the writing center as a Burkean parlor, a place where collaboration via continuous meetings and conversations between tutors and participants take place. Conflict can surface because of different cultural backgrounds and world views, particularly in terms of gender issues.
Stimulating Intrinsic Motivation: Brain-Based Pedagogy For The Second-Language Writing Classroom, Kristin Marie Kucia-Stauder
Stimulating Intrinsic Motivation: Brain-Based Pedagogy For The Second-Language Writing Classroom, Kristin Marie Kucia-Stauder
Theses Digitization Project
Examines how the cognitive and biological perspectives of Intrinsic Motivation (IM) could collaboratively engage second language (L2) students in the university writing classroom. Brain-structures and body systems specifically associated with intrinsic motivation are detailed, and brain-based learning strategies are outlined. Concludes with a sample application for the university writing classroom that reflects a brain-based approach to L2 learning.
Writing And Metacognition: Empowering Young Authors In The Writing Workshop, Suzanne Gagne Cooke
Writing And Metacognition: Empowering Young Authors In The Writing Workshop, Suzanne Gagne Cooke
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study is to find out if teaching the students how to use the writing process will improve the content of their work.
A Comparative Study Of Editorials In Chinese And English, Meiyen Huang
A Comparative Study Of Editorials In Chinese And English, Meiyen Huang
Theses Digitization Project
The study reveals national cultures may influence the use of politeness strategies and organizational patterns in editorials written in the two languages, English and Chinese. Due to a newspaper's political orientation and its regional and national background, the rhetorical form of linguistic features in editorials might vary among cultures.
Bubbling Vs. Writing: Bridging The Gap Between Fourth Grade Writing Standards And Composition Theory, Pamela Lynn Dobbins
Bubbling Vs. Writing: Bridging The Gap Between Fourth Grade Writing Standards And Composition Theory, Pamela Lynn Dobbins
Theses Digitization Project
Currently, fourth grade writing curricula in California public schools are dictated by California State English Language Arts standards, which are measured by the California Achievement Test. In this thesis, I explore the relationship between state standards and what compositionists identify as "meaningful" writing and learning.
Narratives In A Drug Court Setting, Anna Catherina Maria Keller
Narratives In A Drug Court Setting, Anna Catherina Maria Keller
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of the project is to develop and evaluate a writing unit that could be used to teach adult students in a drug court program. The project is based on theories behind narrative therapy, its use in the treatment of persons with addiction problems, and how the reframing of students' own life stories through writing can bring about change. By using writing prompts as both therapeutic and educational tools, the author hoped to improve the students' life-coping skills and their writing abilities. The unit consists of paragraph writing, essay writing, reflective writing that focused on past events, and using …
Irony, Rhetoric, And The Portrayal Of "No Place": Construing The Elaborate Discourse Of Thomas More's Utopia, Davina Sun Padgett
Irony, Rhetoric, And The Portrayal Of "No Place": Construing The Elaborate Discourse Of Thomas More's Utopia, Davina Sun Padgett
Theses Digitization Project
While traditional readings of Thomas More's Utopia have largely relied upon literal interpretations, and accordingly have emphasized the significance of Utopia as a model of the ideal society, this thesis endeavors to explore beyond the conventional or literal appearance of More's language to consider the possible meanings, intentions, and strategies underlying Utopia's elaborate discourse, concentrating specifically on the significance of More's use of humor and irony and his familiarity with the conventions of satiric fiction.
Black And White And Read All Over: An Analysis Of Narratives In The O.J. Simpson Murder Trial, Martin Larry Lastrapes
Black And White And Read All Over: An Analysis Of Narratives In The O.J. Simpson Murder Trial, Martin Larry Lastrapes
Theses Digitization Project
The thesis examines the O.J. Simpson murder trial and analyzes the racial narratives that affected its outcome and the way it is perceived by the American public. By examining four books about the trial written by lawyers who served on the case, the analysis focuses on how race functions within each of the reconstructed narratives, as well as within the framework of the U.S. criminal justice system. The author argues that racial narratives affect how and why people can see the same event differently, a prime example of which is the O.J. Simpson murder trial. Representations of Mark Fuhrman, his …
The Function Of Pronouns Lacking References In William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, Brian Michael Sherman
The Function Of Pronouns Lacking References In William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, Brian Michael Sherman
Theses Digitization Project
Examines the stylistic functions of pronoun use in William Faulkner's As I lay dying. The quantitative portion establishes the numerical differences in pronoun use between the characters Darl, Dewey Dell, and Vardaman. The interpretive section examines Faulkner's use of pronouns without references and how they affect his characters.
An Interdisciplinary Comparison Of Master's Thesis Abstracts, Patricia Belle Chance
An Interdisciplinary Comparison Of Master's Thesis Abstracts, Patricia Belle Chance
Theses Digitization Project
Explores different ways that organizational moves and other discourse elements such as hedging are reflected in graduate student research abstracts for theses, dissertations and research articles. Master's thesis abstracts from five disciplines at California State University, San Bernardino were analyzed. Rhetorical conventions in these texts that reflect the epistemological and social expectations of the writers' academic communities were explored. Results indicate that these abstracts use a variety of hedging patterns and many of the moves that have been described for published research articles.
Style: A New Perspective On Kate Chopin, Daniel Arredondo
Style: A New Perspective On Kate Chopin, Daniel Arredondo
Theses Digitization Project
Uses Edward Corbett's theory of style to help define Chopin's style and expose her rhetorical strategies (sentence and paragraph length, diction, tropes, scheme, etc.) in the short story "The Story of an Hour ." Examines the controversy over using literature to teach composition and provides an analysis of the reasons for and against using literature in composition classes. Finally, defends the use of literature in writing classrooms.
Exploring Creative Writing In The Middle School Classroom Via The Effective Use Of Multimedia, Nicole Allison Bezi
Exploring Creative Writing In The Middle School Classroom Via The Effective Use Of Multimedia, Nicole Allison Bezi
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is to develop a website by which students can improve their understanding of literary elements. This project will aid the students in completing some research as part of the initial stages of the WebQuest, to help them better understand the importance of literary elements.
Successful Strategies For Expository Writing, Bonnie Dee Reed
Successful Strategies For Expository Writing, Bonnie Dee Reed
Theses Digitization Project
This study focused on creating an Integrated Expository Writing model to improve fifth and sixth grade students' abilities to write well constructed expository essays. It was developed through researching Step Up to Writing, the Six-Traits, interactive writing, play / realia, paired / shared writing, and writers' workshop.
"Is It Really A Natural Fit?": The Construction Of "Technology" In Composition Studies, Irina Fealy
"Is It Really A Natural Fit?": The Construction Of "Technology" In Composition Studies, Irina Fealy
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis analyzes two popular computer assisted instruction teaching platforms: Daedalus Integrated Writing Environment (DIWE) and Blackboard (BB). The major focus of the exploration is to find out whether or not these programs are really a "natural fit" with the high expectations of new rhetoric compositionists.
When English As A Second Language Students Meet Text-Responsible Writing, Miso Jung
When English As A Second Language Students Meet Text-Responsible Writing, Miso Jung
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis follows two international freshman students in an English composition class at California State University, San Bernardino. The results indicate that the students generally experienced feeling challenged and overwhelmed about the unfamiliar topic, but detailed assignment guidelines played a key role for students to progress in understanding the assignment.
From 9/11 To Iraq: Analysis And Critique Of The Rhetoric Of The Bush Administration Leading To The War In Iraq, Lakesha Nicole Covington
From 9/11 To Iraq: Analysis And Critique Of The Rhetoric Of The Bush Administration Leading To The War In Iraq, Lakesha Nicole Covington
Theses Digitization Project
The project investigated the events that led the United States from September 11, 2001 to the current war in Iraq. The specific time frame examined was the period beginning on September 11, 2001 and ending with the first pre-emptive attacks in Iraq on March 19, 2003.
A Metaphoric Cluster Analysis Of The Rhetoric Of Digital Technology, Michael Eugene Marse, Nicholas Negroponte
A Metaphoric Cluster Analysis Of The Rhetoric Of Digital Technology, Michael Eugene Marse, Nicholas Negroponte
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis seeks to identify and explain some technology in order to more fully understand modern communication. This study makes use of metaphoric cluster analysis to examine the technological rhetoric of Nicholas Negroponte.
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.
Movie In Search Of America: The Rhetoric Of Myth In Easy Rider, Hayley Susan Raynes
Movie In Search Of America: The Rhetoric Of Myth In Easy Rider, Hayley Susan Raynes
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis is a rhetorical analysis of the movie Easy Rider. It explores how auteurs Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern's use of road, regional, and cowboy mythology creates a text that simultaneously exposes and is dominated by the ironies inherent in American culture and breathes new life into the cowboy myth, reaffirming the cowboy's place as one of America's most enduring cultural icons.
Electronic Dictionaries In The Esl Composition Class, Rebecca Lynn Rudd
Electronic Dictionaries In The Esl Composition Class, Rebecca Lynn Rudd
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis examines the use of electronic dictionaries by ESL students. In particular, it considers how, when and why students use electronic dictionaries in their writing processes. It also explores the extent to which students use words found in an electronic dictionary appropriately in their texts and whether electronic dictionary use influences their long-term acquisition of vocabulary.
Refiguring Milton In Virginia Woolf's A Room Of One's Own, Rebecca Kirk Marsh
Refiguring Milton In Virginia Woolf's A Room Of One's Own, Rebecca Kirk Marsh
Theses Digitization Project
Since 1979 feminist scholars have misread key images in Virginia Woolf's 'A Room of One's Own'. They delineated the extended essay as a groundbreaking feminist polemic that advocates abolishing the literary patriarchy, expressing distain for John Milton as chief offender. Through rhetorical analysis and close readings of passages, there seems advocacy for change in patriarchial education and for opening of the literary canon to women.
The Other Within The Other: Chicana/O Literature, Composition Theory, And The New Mestizaje, Charles Ray Murillo
The Other Within The Other: Chicana/O Literature, Composition Theory, And The New Mestizaje, Charles Ray Murillo
Theses Digitization Project
In this thesis the author explores the notion that American Chicana/o literature serves as an interactive pedagogical site that nurtures a blend of academic and street discourse, proposing the writing of those who exist on the "downside" of the border of non-standard English and academic discourse-basic writers be acknowledged.
Language As A Tool For Self-Inquiry, Alice Elizabeth Griffin
Language As A Tool For Self-Inquiry, Alice Elizabeth Griffin
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis examines he areas of consciousness and language that are implemented within the oral teaching tradition of the spiritual lineage of Ramana Maharshi. It examines how language is used by the teacher's consciousness to assist their student's development towards their own enlightened state of consciousness.
Shakespeare's Bolingbroke: Rhetoric And Stylistics From Richard Ii To Henry Iv, Part 2, Deanna Faye Jenson
Shakespeare's Bolingbroke: Rhetoric And Stylistics From Richard Ii To Henry Iv, Part 2, Deanna Faye Jenson
Theses Digitization Project
In order to contribute to the body of work on Bolingbroke and on Shakespeare's development of character, this thesis examines various rhetorical and stylistic methods used by Shakespeare in his creation of the character of Henry Bolingbroke.
A Contrastive Approach To The Thematic Analysis Of Text And Genre: An Examination Of Lead News Articles In Le Monde, Al-Ittihad, And The New York Times, Christine Marie Burlaga
A Contrastive Approach To The Thematic Analysis Of Text And Genre: An Examination Of Lead News Articles In Le Monde, Al-Ittihad, And The New York Times, Christine Marie Burlaga
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis examines thematization and patterns of thematic progression (TP) in French, Arabic, and English lead news articles. Similarities between French, Arabic, and English themic lead news stories at the clausal and textual levels suggest that there may be a fundamental principle underlying how the mind organizes language. The results may be applied to the creation of translation software that is faithful to source texts at the sentential and global levels or used in teaching in a second language classroom.
Professional Writing: How California State University, San Bernardino's Master Of Arts In English Composition Can Prepare Graduates For Careers In The Public Sector, Margaret Celia Cecil
Professional Writing: How California State University, San Bernardino's Master Of Arts In English Composition Can Prepare Graduates For Careers In The Public Sector, Margaret Celia Cecil
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis explores the need for a professional writing track in the Master of Arts in English composition program at California State UnIversity, San Bernardino. The current English literature, English composition, and TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language) tracks are discussed as well as the certificate in professional writing currently available.