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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
Reference
- SomeTechniquesForObserving
- MorgansNotesOnMSUTechWritingPage
- FirstPassAtCriticalMethodExercise
- FirstPassAtCriticalMethodDebriefing
- TextAndContextInFourWebsitesProject
- TextAndContextInFourWebsitesDebriefing
- KairosAndTheRhetoricalSituation
- GettingStartedWithBlogsExercise
- UsesOfLinksInWeblogs project and taxonomy
- Morgan's overview of the Rhetorical Uses of Linkg at Morgan's Log
- NotesExamplesFromRhetoricalUseOfLinks
Elements of Electronic Rhetoric
ENGL 3179-5179 Fall 2015
CourseStatement | CourseSyllabus | AboutThisWiki | Morgan's WikiAnnouncements
Course starts 25 Aug 12:30. Hs 109. Meets face to face weekly on Tuesdays. Assignments and exercises are required to be posted online at scheduled times.Required Text
- Longaker, M and J Walker. Rhetorical Analysis. Longman Pearson, 2011. ISBN-13: 978-0205565702 ISBN-10: 0205565700. University bookstore, Amazon, and elsewhere. You will need the text for the first week of the course.
- Other texts supplied on this wiki or in pdf by the professor. Texts provided online are required.
25 Aug: Start Up
- Intros
- CourseStatement
- Text: Longacre and Walker
- Intro to the wiki
- Online group uses ERhetStartUp page.
Participants
StudentName - MorganAdmin - PastParticipantsTips and Suggestions
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On Deck
- HandlistOfERhetoric - draft
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