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Full-Text Articles in Other Rhetoric and Composition
Models Of Emulation: Representations Of Foreign, Indigenous, And Accented Speech In Early American Literature, Elaina A. Frulla
Models Of Emulation: Representations Of Foreign, Indigenous, And Accented Speech In Early American Literature, Elaina A. Frulla
Electronic Theses & Dissertations (2024 - present)
“Models of Emulation: Representations of Foreign, Indigenous, and Accented Speech in Early American Literature” explores how American writers used depictions of “nonstandard” English and accented English language speech, traditionally described as “literary dialect,” as a way to negotiate identity, power, and political belonging in the formative years of nation building after the American Revolution. Beginning with Noah Webster’s mission to establish a standardized pronunciation of the English language that would simplify and purify spoken American-English and definitively differentiate it from what he saw as the corrupted, cosmopolitan British-English model, each of the three chapters examines literary representations of nonstandard emulated …
The Sound Of Young America/The Soul Of Young America: A Sonic Rhetoric Inquiry Into 1965 And The Music Defining A Generation In Crisis, Jessica Dyche
The Sound Of Young America/The Soul Of Young America: A Sonic Rhetoric Inquiry Into 1965 And The Music Defining A Generation In Crisis, Jessica Dyche
All Dissertations
The Sound of Young America/The Soul of Young America: A Sonic Rhetoric Inquiry into 1965 and the Music Defining a Generation In Crisis builds a case for sonic rhetoric theory that sees sonic rhetoric move outside of pedagogy, becoming a valuable tool for rhetorical analysis outside the classroom. To this end, The Sound of Young America/The Soul of Young America employs sonic rhetoric concepts and methodology grounded in cultural rhetorics, social history, and sociomusicology to inquire into the cultural and social relevancy of rock music, specifically to this project, in 1965. Sonic rhetoric sees sound and music as underexplored, but …
Reconciling With Slavery In The United States: An Evolving Narrative, Jamie Phlegar
Reconciling With Slavery In The United States: An Evolving Narrative, Jamie Phlegar
Masters Theses, 2020-current
This project addresses two strands of inquiry that spring from this issue of evolving race relations in the U.S. First, I examine how Americans talk about the history of slavery in the U.S. What rhetorical strategies are employed when slavery is discussed and/or debated in public history contexts and beyond? Second, I examine talk about the future of race relations in the context of the legacy of slavery. Specifically, I am interested in exploring what rhetorical strategies are employed when discussing the potential for reparations in mainstream arenas.
Radical Social Ecology As Deep Pragmatism: A Call To The Abolition Of Systemic Dissonance And The Minimization Of Entropic Chaos, Arielle Brender
Radical Social Ecology As Deep Pragmatism: A Call To The Abolition Of Systemic Dissonance And The Minimization Of Entropic Chaos, Arielle Brender
Student Theses 2015-Present
This paper aims to shed light on the dissonance caused by the superimposition of Dominant Human Systems on Natural Systems. I highlight the synthetic nature of Dominant Human Systems as egoic and linguistic phenomenon manufactured by a mere portion of the human population, which renders them inherently oppressive unto peoples and landscapes whose wisdom were barred from the design process. In pursuing a radical pragmatic approach to mending the simultaneous oppression and destruction of the human being and the earth, I highlight the necessity of minimizing entropic chaos caused by excess energy expenditure, an essential feature of systems that aim …
From ‘Sacred And Undeniable’ To ‘Self-Evident’: A Rhetorical Analysis Of Jefferson's Original Draft Of The Declaration Of Independence, Patrick A. Mchugh
From ‘Sacred And Undeniable’ To ‘Self-Evident’: A Rhetorical Analysis Of Jefferson's Original Draft Of The Declaration Of Independence, Patrick A. Mchugh
EWU Masters Thesis Collection
This research examines Thomas Jefferson’s original draft of the Declaration of Independence. Ostensibly written for the simple purpose of justifying the American separation from Great Britain, the Declaration nevertheless utilizes persuasive techniques and narrative themes that are not necessary to the rhetorical goal of justification. Of particular interest is Jefferson’s curious choice to base his argument for independence around the theme of enslavement. In order to uncover Jefferson’s possible reasons for doing so, the original draft of the Declaration is examined using a combination of three methods of rhetorical criticism: analysis of the rhetorical situation, close textual analysis, and Dramatistic …
The Rhetoric Of The Civil War: Literary Devices Of The North And South, Kelsey Williams
The Rhetoric Of The Civil War: Literary Devices Of The North And South, Kelsey Williams
Senior Honors Theses
While both Northern and Southern antebellum writers employed religious imagery for their persuasive purposes, their specific rhetoric differed: Timrod pictured the South romantically, as the revival of Camelot even after the Confederacy’s death; Stowe, heavily influenced by her personal background, enacted emotion accompanied by an appeal to ethics in her fictional apologetic for the end of slavery in Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Although history handed both authors the opportunity to affect the nation’s trajectory, only Stowe achieved this feat, and she owes her triumph over Timrod, the victory of the North over the South, to her emotional rhetoric concerning slavery. …
The Readability Of Historical And Modern Writing, Sophia Chong
The Readability Of Historical And Modern Writing, Sophia Chong
Creative Activity and Research Day - CARD
This research explores the difference in readability of historical and modern writing. The goal of this project is to determine if modern academic rhetoric is easier to comprehend than a historical primary source about the same topic. This has been done using a variety of quantitative methods widely used to analyze the accessibility of writings to compare sections of “The Confederate Reader” by Richard B. Harwell. Upon examination, it can be seen that despite the widely perceived convenience in comprehending modern writing that in fact, a primary Civil War period source is more readable than its current day academic counterpart.
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, December 28, 1864, W. E. Johnson
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, December 28, 1864, W. E. Johnson
W.E. Johnson Papers
No abstract provided.
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, December 18, 1864, W. E. Johnson
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, December 18, 1864, W. E. Johnson
W.E. Johnson Papers
No abstract provided.
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, December 11, 1864, W. E. Johnson
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, December 11, 1864, W. E. Johnson
W.E. Johnson Papers
No abstract provided.
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, December 4, 1864, W. E. Johnson
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, December 4, 1864, W. E. Johnson
W.E. Johnson Papers
No abstract provided.
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, November 27, 1864, W. E. Johnson
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, November 27, 1864, W. E. Johnson
W.E. Johnson Papers
No abstract provided.
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, November 20, 1864., W. E. Johnson
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, November 20, 1864., W. E. Johnson
W.E. Johnson Papers
No abstract provided.
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, November 10, 1864, W. E. Johnson
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, November 10, 1864, W. E. Johnson
W.E. Johnson Papers
No abstract provided.
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, November 6, 1864, W. E. Johnson
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, November 6, 1864, W. E. Johnson
W.E. Johnson Papers
No abstract provided.
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, October 26, 1864, W. E. Johnson
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, October 26, 1864, W. E. Johnson
W.E. Johnson Papers
No abstract provided.
Letter: W.E. Johnson To W.E. Johnson, Sr., October 16, 1864, W. E. Johnson
Letter: W.E. Johnson To W.E. Johnson, Sr., October 16, 1864, W. E. Johnson
W.E. Johnson Papers
No abstract provided.
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, October 9, 1864., W. E. Johnson
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, October 9, 1864., W. E. Johnson
W.E. Johnson Papers
No abstract provided.
Letter: W.E. Johnson To H.W. Conner & Co., September 28, 1864, W. E. Johnson
Letter: W.E. Johnson To H.W. Conner & Co., September 28, 1864, W. E. Johnson
W.E. Johnson Papers
This item contains on one leaf: a letter from W.E. Johnson to H.W. Conner & Co., September 28, 1864 and the reply, from H.W. Conner (Co.) to W.E. Johnson, November 2, 1864.
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, September 27, 1864, W. E. Johnson
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, September 27, 1864, W. E. Johnson
W.E. Johnson Papers
No abstract provided.
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, September 18, 1864, W. E. Johnson
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, September 18, 1864, W. E. Johnson
W.E. Johnson Papers
No abstract provided.
Letter: W.E. Johnson To W.E. Johnson, Sr., September 11, 1864, W. E. Johnson
Letter: W.E. Johnson To W.E. Johnson, Sr., September 11, 1864, W. E. Johnson
W.E. Johnson Papers
No abstract provided.
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, August 29, 1864, W. E. Johnson
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, August 29, 1864, W. E. Johnson
W.E. Johnson Papers
No abstract provided.
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, July 24, 1864., W. E. Johnson
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, July 24, 1864., W. E. Johnson
W.E. Johnson Papers
No abstract provided.
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, July 17, 1864, W. E. Johnson
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, July 17, 1864, W. E. Johnson
W.E. Johnson Papers
No abstract provided.
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Lt. R.J. "Robt" Cunningham, June 18, 1864, W. E. Johnson
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Lt. R.J. "Robt" Cunningham, June 18, 1864, W. E. Johnson
W.E. Johnson Papers
No abstract provided.
Letter: W.E. Johnson To W.E. Johnson, Sr., May 29, 1864, W. E. Johnson
Letter: W.E. Johnson To W.E. Johnson, Sr., May 29, 1864, W. E. Johnson
W.E. Johnson Papers
No abstract provided.
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, March 29, 1864, W. E. Johnson
Letter: W.E. Johnson To Anne Johnson, March 29, 1864, W. E. Johnson
W.E. Johnson Papers
No abstract provided.
Diary: W.E. Johnson, W. E. Johnson
Diary: W.E. Johnson, W. E. Johnson
W.E. Johnson Papers
This file contains the scanned images of W.E. Johnson's diary that he kept as prisoner-of-war through 1864. Two versions of the scans are posted here: the main version a reduced-size PDF (13.5MB). An optimized PDF version (45.6MB) of the diary is also available for download on this page.
An automatically-updating draft transcription of the diary is available.