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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
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Elements of Electronic Rhetoric
ENGL 3179-5179 Fall 2016
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Tue 23 Aug: Start Up
We'll use the first couple weeks of the course getting set up, developing a method for taking notes, and establishing a pace for exercises.- Intros
- CourseStatement
- Text: Longaker and Walker.
- Intro to wiki, and assignment to SetUpAWikiNamePageExercise. Due Fri 25 Aug 9:00 am.
- Schedule yourself to be posting notes before class on Tuesdays, and on Thursdays. I'll review new material on Friday mornings.
- If you have questions on the course statement or the course, post them in the Comments at the bottom of the CourseStatement page.
- Comments on taking notes.
Thu 25 Aug
- Questions? Post them them in the Comments section of the CourseStatement page.
- Deadline: The SetUpAWikiNamePageExercise due by Fri 25 Aug 9:00 am. You should be registered on the wiki, have some practice in, and have a wiki name page set up by this time.
for Tue 30 Aug
- Read Longaker, Chap 1 and 2, to p 21.
- In class - Rhetoric, the textualized situation, and What makes this rhetorical?
Advice: Get some practice in. Take notes on these chapters for your use. Start a new wiki page (Call it NotesChap1And2 - followed by your 3 initials. NotesChap1And2MCM, for instance) and work with what you're reading in Longaker. Expect to refine these notes on our next meeting. Use headings to organize things. Add examples and cases, and problematic cases. Add links. Embed content images. ... Refer to GettingStarted for formatting and embedding images. For advice, refer to AndByNotesIMean
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- The Overwrite warning. If you save a page, then use the back button rather than double-clicking to get back to editing, you might get an Overwrite warning in red. That only means the wiki is confused. Select all the text you're editing, copy it, then Cancel the save. After you save, see if the version is complete. It usually is. But if not, double-click to edit the page, select everything, then paste the version you have on the clipboard into the wiki and save.
- Use RecentlyCommented at the top of the page to check on FAQs.
On Deck
- HandlistOfERhetoric - draft
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