Mission Statement

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-	==RhetorClick==	+	RhetorClick is an online resource designed to help undergraduate students explore and understand the academic discipline of rhetoric and its affiliated fields. Although anyone can edit the wiki, we especially encourage students to share their knowledge with other students by contributing content to the site. We acknowledge (and embrace!) the inherent messiness of novice researchers and writers collaborating in public, and we welcome all who want to help us make this resource more useful.
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-	Hi, and welcome to the ENGW 4341 wiki, soon to be RhetorClick. We are students of Dr. Quinn Warnick's Current Theories of Rhetoric and Composition class (and Quinn himself, of course), and we hope to build a functioning wiki for current rhetorical theories.	+
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-	What ''are'' current rhetorical theories? We all feel like we probably know what a current rhetorical theory is, but let's set some guidelines.	+
-	A current rhetorical theory is:	+
-	* discourse pertaining to rhetoric	+
-	* written during the 20th century and later	+
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-	Examples of a current rhetorical theories would be Richard Weaver's "The Cultural Role of Rhetoric," Roland Barthes' [http://www.deathoftheauthor.com/death-of-the-author.pdf Death of the Author], and Douglas Brent's [http://people.ucalgary.ca/~dabrent/art/rogchap.html Rogerian Rhetoric]	+
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-	We hope to create a powerful, usable, and open index for these ideas.	+
	==Rules==		==Rules==

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RhetorClick is an online resource designed to help undergraduate students explore and understand the academic discipline of rhetoric and its affiliated fields. Although anyone can edit the wiki, we especially encourage students to share their knowledge with other students by contributing content to the site. We acknowledge (and embrace!) the inherent messiness of novice researchers and writers collaborating in public, and we welcome all who want to help us make this resource more useful.

Rules

Anyone can contribute to RhetorClick.

Content must be relevant to current rhetorical theories.

Pre-20th century rhetoric is allowed, as these theories greatly inform modern rhetoric. We still emphasize current rhetoric, though, so keep these sections brief.

When editing or creating new content, please keep your fellow readers and editors in mind. Please keep discussion and content civil.