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A definition of rhetoric

A modest but pragmatic, easy-to-hang-onto definition of rhetoric from Stoner and Perkins:

The art and science of creating and analyzing "messages that rely on verbal and nonverbal symbols that more or less intentionally influence social attitudes, values, beliefs, and actions." (6)

Describing

Situation

occasion
exigence
the type of discourse: forensic, deliberative, epideictic
forum and genre
cultural and historical context
presuppositions of shared ways of thinking

Message

page layout
page flow
text flow
navigation
text

paragraphs
sentences
register

Elements of Electronic Rhetoric

ENGL 3179/5179 Spring 2015

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Owing to the break and the short semester, I’ve gotten us a little behind. So I’m cutting the exercise in Invention (S&P , Chap 9), and we’ll move right into working with Myers, Discourse of Blogs and Wikis. I’m also setting some deadlines and giving you time to ask questions as we move through the material.

I'm hoping the notes and discussion openings will lighten your cognitive load and that the deadlines will keep us all moving forward - me included! The reading deadlines are short, but the work is brief and focused. The project deadlines will be reasonable.

Mar 20 - 25

1. Start by reading Myers, chap 1 and 2.

Then have a look at my notes on MyersChap1Notes and MyersChap2Notes
Post any questions you have in the comments section of the wiki page. I’ll monitor these pages and post back.
Deadline for this: midnight, Mon 23 Mar.

2. Next, read Myers, chap 3: Creative Linking, and my notes on MyersChap3Notes, which leads to a more detailed consideration of GriceOnFlouts, and do a practice exercise.

Read or re-read S&P chap 5: Analysis, to freshen up on how to connect description to analysis using a search model. Pay extra attention to S&P’s material on patterns.
Read MyersChap3Notes and do the Practice exercise at the bottom of the MyersChap3Notes page.
Questions to the wiki page with my notes, as before.
Deadline for this: midnight, Weds 25 Mar.

I’ll post the project on Weds 25 Mar: UsesOfLinksInWeblogs. The project will focus on how bloggers use links. You’ll be using Myers, chap 3, as a search model, using his method, notes and findings to organize your analysis.

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Participants

On Deck

HandlistOfERhetoric - draft
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