English

Project 4 Kairos Paper and Visual: did the audience change?did they switch rhetorical appeals?are they always cashing in on current events?

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Project 4 Kairos Paper and Visual Something we haven’t considered before is kairos– the influence of time, culture, and context on an artifact’s rhetorical appeals. How have artifacts adapted to time and place? For this assignment, we want to investigate an artifact rhetorically and culturally over time. The artifact can be one of your choosing … Read more

With regard to democratic values, what justification can be offered for Whitman’s long lines, his lack of rhyme, his abundant catalogs and enumerations? How have other modern American arts, besides poetry, expressed these values?

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Whitman’s “Democratic Vistas” can be read for guidance on Whitman’s voice as well as his aspirations as a bard. Read aloud one of the emotionally charged and prophetic paragraphs—for example, the one beginning “Then still the thought returns,” and then choose a passage from Song of Myself that picks up on similar sound sand rhetorical … Read more

Write a short paper on, “Why Gender Matters” including a brief summary with educational implications and your reflections.

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Write a short paper on, “Why Gender Matters” including a brief summary with educational implications and your reflections. The paper should be 3 pages in length. Implications: What are the educational concerns, issues or implications from what you have read? What is your personal reaction to the issue or topic presented? Tell what you thought … Read more

In a 5-6 page formal essay with an argument statement, describe the author’s perspective, philosophy, or purposes and explain how it is reflected in their work.

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In a 5-6 page formal essay with an argument statement, describe the author’s perspective, philosophy, or purposes and explain how it is reflected in their work. Discuss a second work by this author that  has not been read in class. Provide an explanation and discussion of an author’s commentary or interview and then demonstrate how … Read more