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Full-Text Articles in Rhetoric and Composition

What We Write And Why, Michael Benton, Alan Clinton, Davin Heckman, Subhash Jaireth, Marc Ouellette, Matthew Wolf-Meyer Jan 2003

What We Write And Why, Michael Benton, Alan Clinton, Davin Heckman, Subhash Jaireth, Marc Ouellette, Matthew Wolf-Meyer

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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To ask why we write is also to ask why we read. The pragmatic answer is to find proof -- to find proof of like-minded thinkers, to find support for our own arguments, to discover that we are not alone in our thinking, our assumptions and problems. The transcendental answer is to educate -- to inspire our own thinking, to see new realities, to uplift ourselves through another writer's use of language. And the middle road: Because there is a need.


Never Let The Truth Stand In The Way Of A Good Story: A Work For Three Voices, Bronwyn T. Williams Jan 2003

Never Let The Truth Stand In The Way Of A Good Story: A Work For Three Voices, Bronwyn T. Williams

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Describes how the author's habit of fabrications and stories as a 10-year-old became a source for writing fiction. Notes how he pursued journalism as a profession, but was frustrated by its limitations. Considers how as a professional field, composition continues to contemplate and struggle with issues of power and representation in research and writing. Addresses the issues of power and representation and the ethical concerns that such issues entail.


Spectrum 2003, Saint Mary's College Of California Jan 2003

Spectrum 2003, Saint Mary's College Of California

The Undergraduate Spectrum

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It's All In The Rhetoric: Using Affective Design To Change Users' Perceptions Of Online Help, Robert C. Stultz Jan 2003

It's All In The Rhetoric: Using Affective Design To Change Users' Perceptions Of Online Help, Robert C. Stultz

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This thesis investigates the role of affective design in online help systems. The thesis begins with a discussion of the current research related to online help systems and the rhetorical nature of technical communication. The thesis then provides a heuristic evaluation of two versions of procedural discourse for Microsoft Word 2000. Based on an analysis of the heuristic evaluation, five recommendations are given for improving the affective design of online help systems. The thesis concludes with a proposed usability test and consideration of a related area of study.