RhetorClick - User contributions [en]

User:Kelli

2011-05-12T15:33:29Z

Kelli:

Hi guys,

I'm Kelli O'Donnell. I'm a senior this year (yay!) and I will be graduating in August. I'm a writing major (obviously) but I eventually want to be a sports journalist. I just got a new job as an editorial assistant at the Austin American-Statesman, and I'm so excited to be working in a newsroom. During the break I went to Las Vegas for the first time and lost a lot of money. I also went to Los Angeles for a week, which was really fun.

'''Wiki Contributions'''

*Reorganized the article summaries page and listed the articles based on their author, as well as put author's names in alphabetical order to make the page more readable.
*Currently contributing to biographies of certain authors (Dennis Baron, John Slatin, Richard Ohmann) as well as proofreading and making corrections to article summaries.
*Article summaries= John Slation, Sean Williams
*Edited article summaries of Baktin, Toulmin, Burke, Richards
*Added to class notes/ class discussion: Feb. 3, 10, 15, 22

Richard Ohmann

2011-05-07T19:57:19Z

Kelli:

Richard Ohmann is currently a professor of English at Wesleyan University. He was an editor of ''College English'' from 1966-78, and was the first editor of a major journal in English studies to devote to an issue to what was then called "The Homosexual Imagination."

== Article Summaries ==

[[Ohmann, Richard “In Lieu of a New Rhetoric”]]

== Additional Resources and Reading ==

'''Works:'''

User:Kelli

2011-05-07T19:46:18Z

Kelli:

Hi guys,

I'm Kelli O'Donnell. I'm a senior this year (yay!) and I will be graduating in August. I'm a writing major (obviously) but I eventually want to be a sports journalist. I just got a new job as an editorial assistant at the Austin American-Statesman, and I'm so excited to be working in a newsroom. During the break I went to Las Vegas for the first time and lost a lot of money. I also went to Los Angeles for a week, which was really fun.

'''Wiki Contributions'''

*Reorganized the article summaries page and listed the articles based on their author, as well as put author's names in alphabetical order to make the page more readable.
*Currently contributing to biographies of certain authors (Dennis Baron, John Slatin, Richard Ohmann) as well as proofreading and making corrections to article summaries.
*Article summaries= John Slation, Sean Williams
*Added to class notes/ class discussion: Feb. 3, 10, 15, 22

Richard Ohmann

2011-05-07T19:39:33Z

Kelli:

Williams, Sean D. "Part 2: Toward an Integrated Composition Pedagogy in Hypertext"

2011-04-11T19:39:13Z

Kelli:

In his article ''Part 2: Toward an Integrated Composition pedagogy in Hypertext'' [[Sean D. Williams]] says that writing and rhetoric teachers should rethink the way they decide to teach composition, integrating new media and old media together to produce more effective and collaborative texts. Williams also emphasizes the importance of visual rhetoric saying "because visuals act rhetorically in a text, and outside the classroom "visual images from television, videos and magazines" assault students, instruction in visual rhetoric, like the verbal rhetoric we currently teach, requires that students acquire the skills necessary both to construct and to unravel visuals utilizing technology." We see verbal text before we read it, therefore making visual text an important part of documentation.

Students should be taught to build integrated compositions in hypertext since hypertext allows for a much more detailed web of information to be linked together. Students need to become active developers or "assemblers" of texts instead of just receiving knowledge from their teachers. To compose these hypertext documents, Williams details stages that students go through.

*Planning stage- Students work collaboratively to identify separate positions on an issue...analyze an audience, develop questions they will need to solve the problem, divide work to manage the task more effectively

*Transformation- Students use a combination of sources like the web and print to research the problem. Students should include all possible information and represent it on a separate web page

*Evaluation- Students receive feedback from peers to see how effectively proposed solutions relate to the audience

*Revision- Students improve the document by analyzing reader response from evaluation

Ultimately, Williams believes that an integrated composition pedagogy "overcomes the verbal bias by making old and new expressive and critical resources available to students."

Weaver, Richard "The Cultural Role of Rhetoric

2011-04-11T19:25:53Z

Kelli: Created page with "add summary here. Richard Weaver"

add summary here.

[[Richard Weaver]]

Article Summaries

2011-04-11T19:25:20Z

Kelli:

*[[Bakhtin, Mikhail "Toward a Methodology for the Human Sciences"]]
*[[Baron, Dennis "From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technology"]]
*[[Barthes, Roland "Death of the Author"]]
*[[Bryant, Donald C. "Rhetoric: Its Functions and Its Scope"]]
*[[Burke, Kenneth "Definition of Man"]]
*[[Corder, Jim W. "Argument as Emergence, Rhetoric as Love"]]
*[[Foucault, Michel "What Is an Author?"]]
*[[Halloran, Michael S. "On the End of Rhetoric: Classical and Modern"]]
*[[Hart-Davidson, Bill and Steven D. Krause “Re: The Future of Computers and Writing: A Multivocal Textumentary”]]
*[[Johnson-Eilola, Johndan “Negative Spaces: From Production to Connection in Composition”]]
*[[Logie, John “Champing at the Bits: Computers, Copyright, ad the Composition Classroom”]]
*[[Lunsford, Andrea and Lisa Ede "On Distinctions between Classical and Modern Rhetoric"]]
*[[Ohmann, Richard “In Lieu of a New Rhetoric”]]
*[[Palmquist, Mike, Kate Kiefer, James Hartvigsen, and Barbara Goodlew "Contrasts: Teaching and Learning about Writing in Traditional and Computer Classrooms"]]
*[[Perelman, Chaïm "The New Rhetoric: A Theory of Practical Reasoning"]]
*[[Richards, I.A. "How to Read a Page"]]
*[[Saussure, Ferdinand de "Nature of the Linguistic Sign"]]
*[[Scott, Robert L. "On Viewing Rhetoric as Epistemic"]]
*[[Selfe, Cynthia L. & Richard J. Selfe Jr. "The Politics of the Interface: Power and Its Exercise in Electronic Contact Zones"]]
*[[Slatin, John M. "Reading Hypertext: Order and Coherence in a New Medium"]]
*[[Sorapure, Madeleine, Pamela Inglesby, and George Yatchisin "Web Literacy: Challenges and Opportunities for Research in a New Medium"]]
*[[Toulmin, Stephen "The Layout of Arguments"]]
*[[Weaver, Richard "The Cultural Role of Rhetoric]]
*[[Williams, Sean D. "Part 2: Toward an Integrated Composition Pedagogy in Hypertext"]]
*[[Yancey, Kathleen Blake "Looking for Sources of Coherence in a Fragmented World: Notes toward a New Assessment Design"]]
*[["CCCC Position Statement"]]

Williams, Sean D. "Part 2: Toward an Integrated Composition Pedagogy in Hypertext"

2011-04-11T17:43:08Z

Kelli:

User:Kelli

2011-04-11T04:09:00Z

Kelli:

Hi guys,

I'm Kelli O'Donnell. I'm a senior this year (yay!) and I will be graduating in August. I'm a writing major (obviously) but I eventually want to be a sports journalist. I just got a new job as an editorial assistant at the Austin American-Statesman, and I'm so excited to be working in a newsroom. During the break I went to Las Vegas for the first time and lost a lot of money. I also went to Los Angeles for a week, which was really fun.

'''Wiki Contributions'''

*Reorganized the article summaries page and listed the articles based on their author, as well as put author's names in alphabetical order to make the page more readable.
*Currently contributing to biographies of certain authors (Dennis Baron, John Slatin) as well as proofreading and making corrections to article summaries.
*Article summaries= John Slation
*Added to class notes/ class discussion: Feb. 3, 10, 15, 22

Slatin, John M. "Reading Hypertext: Order and Coherence in a New Medium"

2011-04-11T04:05:16Z

Kelli:

In his article ''Reading Hypertext: Order and Coherence in a New Medium'', [[John M. Slatin]] asserts that hypertext can only exist online and it needs to take the computer into consideration as a new medium of communication. The fact that hypertext only exists in an online environment is the biggest difference between hypertext and traditional text. By communicating through a computer, one must realize that documents now have multiple points of entry, as opposed to a book, which has only one point of entry that makes sense.

According to Slatin, "one of the chief functions of rhetoric in the hypertext environment is to discover the principles of effective communication and then develop ways of implementing those principles through the available technology." There is a whole different assumption about readers and reading hypertext than traditional text. Reading hypertext is non-linear, meaning that readers will enter a text at any point at will and exit a text as abruptly as they entered it. It is very difficult to understand and predict how a reader will read a hyper-document.

Slatin defines three different types of hyper-document readers:

*Reader as browser- One who wanders aimlessly through an area. The browser reads for pleasure as opposed to reading for a specific purpose. The browser might not read through all the available material.

*Reader as user- This reader has a clear and limited purpose when reading through material. These readers enter the hyper-document in the looks of something specific and once they finds the material they are looking for, they leave. Slatin says that this user resembles a typical student doing an assigned reading for a course.

*Reader as co-author- Reader either adds additional information to an existing document or creates a new document that is available for others to review and change.

Slatin notes that a reader will eventually be all three types of readers at some point.

The greatest value of hypertext is the ability to link enormous quantities of material that would normally be separate.

Resources

2011-04-10T17:46:09Z

Kelli: /* Blogs */

This page is a place to post helpful resources for students enrolled in ENGW 4341. As you find interesting websites, academic databases, videos, etc., add them to this page. If your resource doesn't fit into one of the preexisting categories, feel free to create a new category.

== On-Campus Resources ==
* [http://libr.stedwards.edu/ Library]
* [http://www.stedwards.edu/writing/index.html Writing Center]
*

== Scholarly Journals ==
* [http://www.ncte.org/journals/ce College English]
* [http://www.ncte.org/cccc/ccc College Composition and Communication]
* [http://computersandcomposition.osu.edu/ Computers and Composition]
* [http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/ Computers and Composition Online]
* [http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10572252.asp Technical Communication Quarterly]
* [http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/ Kairos]
* [http://www.associationdatabase.com/aws/RSA/pt/sp/rsq Rhetoric Society Quarterly]
* [http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/RQJS Quarterly Journal of Speech]

== Professional Organizations ==
* [http://www.associationdatabase.com/aws/RSA/pt/sp/Home_Page Rhetoric Society of America]
* [http://www.ncte.org/ National Council of Teachers of English]
* [http://www.attw.org/ Association of Teachers of Technical Writing]
* [http://wpacouncil.org/ Council of Writing Program Administrators]
* [http://www.businesscommunication.org/ Association for Business Communication]

== Conferences ==
* [http://www.ncte.org/cccc Conference on College Composition and Communication]
* [http://www.associationdatabase.com/aws/RSA/pt/sp/conferences Rhetoric Society of America]
* [http://louisville.edu/conference/watson Watson]
* [http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/english/TILTS/TILTS.php TILTS]
*

== Blogs ==
* [http://www.stephenfry.com/ The New Adventures of Stephen Fry]
*[http://illinois.edu/db/view/25 The Web of Language by Dennis Baron]

== Listservs ==
*
*

John M. Slatin

2011-04-10T17:36:23Z

Kelli:

John Slatin (1952-2008), Ph.D, founded the Institute for Technology and Learning at the University of Texas at Austin. Slatin was visually impaired, suffering from retinitis pigmentosa, which causes gradual deterioration and ultimate loss of vision, and had been working with accessibility issues since 1985. During 1985, Slatin received a grant to develop software for visually impaired students for UT's first computer-based writing class.

In 2005, Slatin was diagnosed with leukemia, but that did not slow him down. In 2006, Slatin participated in a dance called "Sextet," created by Allison Orr, which featured two professional dancers, two blind people and their guide dogs, and was performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. Slatin also frequently danced with Austin Body Choir, an improvisational world music dance group that was held at a yoga studio. The members of this dance group gave Slatin much support when dealing with his illness.

Through his illness, he and his wife Anna kept a blog titled "The Leukemia Letters," and blogged their way through Slatin's entire illness. According to Slatin, the blog was extremely therapeutic.

During his lifetime, Slatin also chaired on the Accessibility and Usability Domain committee of a Texas initiative to develop information architecture for electronic government services in Texas. The mayor of Austin's Committee on People with Disabilities awarded John with a Distinguished Service Award for his work at AIR Austin, and Slatin also sat on the Board of Directors of Access Arts Austin, a group that works with people in Texas and the United States to make the arts more accessible to people with disabilities.

Slatin passed away on March 24, 2008. He was 55 years old.

User:Kelli

2011-04-10T17:21:37Z

Kelli:

Hi guys,

I'm Kelli O'Donnell. I'm a senior this year (yay!) and I will be graduating in August. I'm a writing major (obviously) but I eventually want to be a sports journalist. I just got a new job as an editorial assistant at the Austin American-Statesman, and I'm so excited to be working in a newsroom. During the break I went to Las Vegas for the first time and lost a lot of money. I also went to Los Angeles for a week, which was really fun.

'''Wiki Contributions'''

*Reorganized the article summaries page and listed the articles based on their author, as well as put author's names in alphabetical order to make the page more readable.
*Currently contributing to biographies of certain authors (Dennis Baron, John Slatin) as well as proofreading and making corrections to article summaries.
*Added to class notes/ class discussion: Feb. 3, 10, 15, 22

John M. Slatin

2011-04-10T02:39:53Z

Kelli:

John M. Slatin

2011-04-10T01:03:13Z

Kelli:

John Slatin, Ph.D, founded the

Dennis Baron

2011-04-09T18:51:21Z

Kelli:

Dennis Baron (1944-Present) is currently a professor of English and Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Baron is known for his work on the technologies of language communication as well as the history and current state of the English language. Baron blogs about communication technology and the use of language, and has written for the ''New York Times'', the Washington Post, the ''Los Angeles Times'', and the ''Chicago Tribune''.

'''Education'''

*Bachelors degree in English and American Literature from Brandeis University in 1965
*Masters degree in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University in 1968
*Ph.D in English Language and Literature from the University of Michigan in 1971

Currently, Baron has a blog titled "The Web of Language," which highlights language in the news. "The Web of Language" brings attention to such stories like how the House passed a bill to ban texting in Spanish and how the world's most popular word, OK, turns 172 years old. The blog averages 25,000 pages views per month.

'''MLA citations for Baron's book publications'''

Baron, Dennis. ''A Better Pencil: Readers, Writers, and the Digital Revolution''. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Print.

Baron, Dennis. ''Guide to Home Language Repair''. Urbana: National Council of Teachers of English, 1994. Print.

Baron, Dennis. ''Declining Grammar and other essays on the English vocabulary''. Urbana: National Council of Teachers of English, 1994. Print

Baron, Dennis. ''The English-Only Question: An Official Language for Americans?''. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990. Print.

Baron, Dennis. ''Grammar and Gender''. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1896. Print.

Baron, Dennis. ''Grammar and Good Taste: Reforming the American Language''. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1982. Print.

Baron, Dennis. ''Going Native: The Regeneration of Saxon English''. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1982. Print.

User:Kelli

2011-04-09T05:04:02Z

Kelli:

Hi guys,

I'm Kelli O'Donnell. I'm a senior this year (yay!) and I will be graduating in August. I'm a writing major (obviously) but I eventually want to be a sports journalist. I just got a new job as an editorial assistant at the Austin American-Statesman, and I'm so excited to be working in a newsroom. During the break I went to Las Vegas for the first time and lost a lot of money. I also went to Los Angeles for a week, which was really fun.

'''Wiki Contributions'''

*Reorganized the article summaries page and listed the articles based on their author, as well as put author's names in alphabetical order to make the page more readable.
*Currently contributing to biographies of certain authors as well as proofreading and making corrections to article summaries.
*Added to class notes/ class discussion: Feb. 3, 10, 15, 22

User:Kelli

2011-04-09T05:02:30Z

Kelli:

Hi guys,

I'm Kelli O'Donnell. I'm a senior this year (yay!) and I will be graduating in August. I'm a writing major (obviously) but I eventually want to be a sports journalist. I just got a new job as an editorial assistant at the Austin American-Statesman, and I'm so excited to be working in a newsroom. During the break I went to Las Vegas for the first time and lost a lot of money. I also went to Los Angeles for a week, which was really fun.

'''Wiki Contributions'''

*Reorganized the article summaries page and listed the articles based on their author, as well as put author's names in alphabetical order to make the page more readable.
*Currently contributing to biographies of certain authors as well as proofreading and making corrections to article summaries.
*Added to class notes:

Dennis Baron

2011-04-09T04:43:54Z

Kelli:

Dennis Baron

2011-04-09T02:58:21Z

Kelli:

Dennis Baron

2011-04-09T02:44:36Z

Kelli:

Dennis Baron

2011-04-09T02:44:21Z

Kelli:

Dennis Baron

2011-04-09T02:43:47Z

Kelli:

Yancey, Kathleen Blake "Looking for Sources of Coherence in a Fragmented World: Notes toward a New Assessment Design"

2011-04-09T01:10:19Z

Kelli: Created page with "Enter article summary here. Kathleen Blake Yancey"

Enter article summary here.

[[Kathleen Blake Yancey]]

Article Summaries

2011-04-09T01:09:54Z

Kelli:

*[[Bakhtin, Mikhail "Toward a Methodology for the Human Sciences"]]
*[[Baron, Dennis "From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technology"]]
*[[Barthes, Roland "Death of the Author"]]
*[[Bryant, Donald C. "Rhetoric: Its Functions and Its Scope"]]
*[[Burke, Kenneth "Definition of Man"]]
*[[Corder, Jim W. "Argument as Emergence, Rhetoric as Love"]]
*[[Foucault, Michel "What Is an Author?"]]
*[[Halloran, Michael S. "On the End of Rhetoric: Classical and Modern"]]
*[[Hart-Davidson, Bill and Steven D. Krause “Re: The Future of Computers and Writing: A Multivocal Textumentary”]]
*[[Johnson-Eilola, Johndan “Negative Spaces: From Production to Connection in Composition”]]
*[[Logie, John “Champing at the Bits: Computers, Copyright, ad the Composition Classroom”]]
*[[Lunsford, Andrea and Lisa Ede "On Distinctions between Classical and Modern Rhetoric"]]
*[[Ohmann, Richard “In Lieu of a New Rhetoric”]]
*[[Palmquist, Mike, Kate Kiefer, James Hartvigsen, and Barbara Goodlew "Contrasts: Teaching and Learning about Writing in Traditional and Computer Classrooms"]]
*[[Perelman, Chaïm "The New Rhetoric: A Theory of Practical Reasoning"]]
*[[Richards, I.A. "How to Read a Page"]]
*[[Saussure, Ferdinand de "Nature of the Linguistic Sign"]]
*[[Scott, Robert L. "On Viewing Rhetoric as Epistemic"]]
*[[Selfe, Cynthia L. & Richard J. Selfe Jr. "The Politics of the Interface: Power and Its Exercise in Electronic Contact Zones"]]
*[[Slatin, John M. "Reading Hypertext: Order and Coherence in a New Medium"]]
*[[Sorapure, Madeleine, Pamela Inglesby, and George Yatchisin "Web Literacy: Challenges and Opportunities for Research in a New Medium"]]
*[[Toulmin, Stephen "The Layout of Arguments"]]
*[[Weaver, Richard "The Cultural Rose of Rhetoric]]
*[[Williams, Sean D. "Part 2: Toward an Integrated Composition Pedagogy in Hypertext"]]
*[[Yancey, Kathleen Blake "Looking for Sources of Coherence in a Fragmented World: Notes toward a New Assessment Design"]]
*[["CCCC Position Statement"]]

Williams, Sean D. "Part 2: Toward an Integrated Composition Pedagogy in Hypertext"

2011-04-09T01:08:51Z

Kelli: Created page with "Enter article summary here. Sean D. Williams"

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[[Sean D. Williams]]

Article Summaries

2011-04-09T01:08:24Z

Kelli:

*[[Bakhtin, Mikhail "Toward a Methodology for the Human Sciences"]]
*[[Baron, Dennis "From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technology"]]
*[[Barthes, Roland "Death of the Author"]]
*[[Bryant, Donald C. "Rhetoric: Its Functions and Its Scope"]]
*[[Burke, Kenneth "Definition of Man"]]
*[[Corder, Jim W. "Argument as Emergence, Rhetoric as Love"]]
*[[Foucault, Michel "What Is an Author?"]]
*[[Halloran, Michael S. "On the End of Rhetoric: Classical and Modern"]]
*[[Hart-Davidson, Bill and Steven D. Krause “Re: The Future of Computers and Writing: A Multivocal Textumentary”]]
*[[Johnson-Eilola, Johndan “Negative Spaces: From Production to Connection in Composition”]]
*[[Logie, John “Champing at the Bits: Computers, Copyright, ad the Composition Classroom”]]
*[[Lunsford, Andrea and Lisa Ede "On Distinctions between Classical and Modern Rhetoric"]]
*[[Ohmann, Richard “In Lieu of a New Rhetoric”]]
*[[Palmquist, Mike, Kate Kiefer, James Hartvigsen, and Barbara Goodlew "Contrasts: Teaching and Learning about Writing in Traditional and Computer Classrooms"]]
*[[Perelman, Chaïm "The New Rhetoric: A Theory of Practical Reasoning"]]
*[[Richards, I.A. "How to Read a Page"]]
*[[Saussure, Ferdinand de "Nature of the Linguistic Sign"]]
*[[Scott, Robert L. "On Viewing Rhetoric as Epistemic"]]
*[[Selfe, Cynthia L. & Richard J. Selfe Jr. "The Politics of the Interface: Power and Its Exercise in Electronic Contact Zones"]]
*[[Slatin, John M. "Reading Hypertext: Order and Coherence in a New Medium"]]
*[[Sorapure, Madeleine, Pamela Inglesby, and George Yatchisin "Web Literacy: Challenges and Opportunities for Research in a New Medium"]]
*[[Toulmin, Stephen "The Layout of Arguments"]]
*[[Weaver, Richard "The Cultural Rose of Rhetoric]]
*[[Williams, Sean D. "Part 2: Toward an Integrated Composition Pedagogy in Hypertext"]]
*[["CCCC Position Statement"]]
*[[“Looking for Sources of Coherence in a Fragmented World: Notes toward a New Assessment Design” by Kathleen Blake Yancey]]

Weaver, Richard "The Cultural Rose of Rhetoric

2011-04-09T01:07:12Z

Kelli: Created page with "“The Cultural Role of Rhetoric” by Richard Weaver discusses the necessity of pairing dialect and rhetoric. His major claim is that societies cannot be secure or stable un..."

“The Cultural Role of Rhetoric” by [[Richard Weaver]] discusses the necessity of pairing dialect and rhetoric. His major claim is that societies cannot be secure or stable unless there exists a conjoining of dialect and rhetoric and that “dialect alone in the social realm is subversive” (76). Weaver claims that just focusing on dialect, as was the case with Socrates and is the case with the semantics, is dangerous and alienates dialectical purist from the rest of society. Using the end of one of the greatest and well-known philosophers, Socrates, he explains that the audience he was preaching to was not able to connect to his rationalistic discourse and argumentation. Thus, instead of praising his rational logic and argumentation, the audience felt alienated from Socrates and that he rejects their culture, values, and way of life, especially when he argues that he believes in the gods. As Socrates believes that this argumentation (dialectical) is all man needs and fulfills all man’s needs, Weaver argues that this puristic form of dialect strays to far from the conditio humana (human condition). Thus, rhetoric has the appeal to the human condition that dialect lacks. Weaver states that dialectic deals with inductions and syllogisms while rhetoric deals with examples and enthymemes. While people can follow syllogisms and inductions, they connect with examples and enthymemes. It is the common ground upon which persuasion can occur. Weaver further states that this is why Hellenistic rationalism died out and Christianity spread far and wide -- Jesus appealed to feelings, ideas, and hopes that Hellenistic rationalism could or would not. Weaver goes on to argue against the semantics--those who believe only in dialectic and that each word should have its appropriate definition and words without a secure definition should not be used--using the same principles discussed above. He ends by saying that rhetoric will survive dialectic attack.

Article Summaries

2011-04-09T01:06:58Z

Kelli:

*[[Bakhtin, Mikhail "Toward a Methodology for the Human Sciences"]]
*[[Baron, Dennis "From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technology"]]
*[[Barthes, Roland "Death of the Author"]]
*[[Bryant, Donald C. "Rhetoric: Its Functions and Its Scope"]]
*[[Burke, Kenneth "Definition of Man"]]
*[[Corder, Jim W. "Argument as Emergence, Rhetoric as Love"]]
*[[Foucault, Michel "What Is an Author?"]]
*[[Halloran, Michael S. "On the End of Rhetoric: Classical and Modern"]]
*[[Hart-Davidson, Bill and Steven D. Krause “Re: The Future of Computers and Writing: A Multivocal Textumentary”]]
*[[Johnson-Eilola, Johndan “Negative Spaces: From Production to Connection in Composition”]]
*[[Logie, John “Champing at the Bits: Computers, Copyright, ad the Composition Classroom”]]
*[[Lunsford, Andrea and Lisa Ede "On Distinctions between Classical and Modern Rhetoric"]]
*[[Ohmann, Richard “In Lieu of a New Rhetoric”]]
*[[Palmquist, Mike, Kate Kiefer, James Hartvigsen, and Barbara Goodlew "Contrasts: Teaching and Learning about Writing in Traditional and Computer Classrooms"]]
*[[Perelman, Chaïm "The New Rhetoric: A Theory of Practical Reasoning"]]
*[[Richards, I.A. "How to Read a Page"]]
*[[Saussure, Ferdinand de "Nature of the Linguistic Sign"]]
*[[Scott, Robert L. "On Viewing Rhetoric as Epistemic"]]
*[[Selfe, Cynthia L. & Richard J. Selfe Jr. "The Politics of the Interface: Power and Its Exercise in Electronic Contact Zones"]]
*[[Slatin, John M. "Reading Hypertext: Order and Coherence in a New Medium"]]
*[[Sorapure, Madeleine, Pamela Inglesby, and George Yatchisin "Web Literacy: Challenges and Opportunities for Research in a New Medium"]]
*[[Toulmin, Stephen "The Layout of Arguments"]]
*[[Weaver, Richard "The Cultural Rose of Rhetoric]]
*[["CCCC Position Statement"]]
*[[“Looking for Sources of Coherence in a Fragmented World: Notes toward a New Assessment Design” by Kathleen Blake Yancey]]
*[[“Part 2: Toward an Integrated Composition Pedagogy in Hypertext” by Sean D. Williams]]

Toulmin, Stephen "The Layout of Arguments"

2011-04-09T01:05:15Z

Kelli: Created page with "In “The Layout of Arguments,” Stephen Toulmin’s thesis is that a new framework is needed for argumentation, as an alternative to the syllogism. The framework (or layout..."

In “The Layout of Arguments,” [[Stephen Toulmin]]’s thesis is that a new framework is needed for argumentation, as an alternative to the syllogism. The framework (or layout) he proposes involves a claim made due to some data, a warrant (often implicit) given to support the inference of the claim from the data, possibly a qualification added to the claim along with conditions of exception, and backing supplied to provide sufficient grounds for a warrant. Toulmin claims that the syllogism is too ambiguous because, for instance, universal premises (such as “All men are mortal”) do not properly distinguish between warrant and backing. Additionally, with a syllogism one cannot always tell whether a universal premise is true only in theory or in existential, empirical fact. Toulmin explains that logicians have too long relied on the syllogism and that in doing so they have forced arguments into a mold that doesn’t take into account subtle distinctions.

Article Summaries

2011-04-09T01:04:43Z

Kelli:

*[[Bakhtin, Mikhail "Toward a Methodology for the Human Sciences"]]
*[[Baron, Dennis "From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technology"]]
*[[Barthes, Roland "Death of the Author"]]
*[[Bryant, Donald C. "Rhetoric: Its Functions and Its Scope"]]
*[[Burke, Kenneth "Definition of Man"]]
*[[Corder, Jim W. "Argument as Emergence, Rhetoric as Love"]]
*[[Foucault, Michel "What Is an Author?"]]
*[[Halloran, Michael S. "On the End of Rhetoric: Classical and Modern"]]
*[[Hart-Davidson, Bill and Steven D. Krause “Re: The Future of Computers and Writing: A Multivocal Textumentary”]]
*[[Johnson-Eilola, Johndan “Negative Spaces: From Production to Connection in Composition”]]
*[[Logie, John “Champing at the Bits: Computers, Copyright, ad the Composition Classroom”]]
*[[Lunsford, Andrea and Lisa Ede "On Distinctions between Classical and Modern Rhetoric"]]
*[[Ohmann, Richard “In Lieu of a New Rhetoric”]]
*[[Palmquist, Mike, Kate Kiefer, James Hartvigsen, and Barbara Goodlew "Contrasts: Teaching and Learning about Writing in Traditional and Computer Classrooms"]]
*[[Perelman, Chaïm "The New Rhetoric: A Theory of Practical Reasoning"]]
*[[Richards, I.A. "How to Read a Page"]]
*[[Saussure, Ferdinand de "Nature of the Linguistic Sign"]]
*[[Scott, Robert L. "On Viewing Rhetoric as Epistemic"]]
*[[Selfe, Cynthia L. & Richard J. Selfe Jr. "The Politics of the Interface: Power and Its Exercise in Electronic Contact Zones"]]
*[[Slatin, John M. "Reading Hypertext: Order and Coherence in a New Medium"]]
*[[Sorapure, Madeleine, Pamela Inglesby, and George Yatchisin "Web Literacy: Challenges and Opportunities for Research in a New Medium"]]
*[[Toulmin, Stephen "The Layout of Arguments"]]
*[[“The Cultural Role of Rhetoric” by Richard Weaver]]
*[["CCCC Position Statement"]]
*[[“Looking for Sources of Coherence in a Fragmented World: Notes toward a New Assessment Design” by Kathleen Blake Yancey]]
*[[“Part 2: Toward an Integrated Composition Pedagogy in Hypertext” by Sean D. Williams]]

Sorapure, Madeleine, Pamela Inglesby, and George Yatchisin "Web Literacy: Challenges and Opportunities for Research in a New Medium"

2011-04-09T01:03:22Z

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[[Madeleine Sorapure]]

Article Summaries

2011-04-09T01:02:51Z

Kelli:

*[[Bakhtin, Mikhail "Toward a Methodology for the Human Sciences"]]
*[[Baron, Dennis "From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technology"]]
*[[Barthes, Roland "Death of the Author"]]
*[[Bryant, Donald C. "Rhetoric: Its Functions and Its Scope"]]
*[[Burke, Kenneth "Definition of Man"]]
*[[Corder, Jim W. "Argument as Emergence, Rhetoric as Love"]]
*[[Foucault, Michel "What Is an Author?"]]
*[[Halloran, Michael S. "On the End of Rhetoric: Classical and Modern"]]
*[[Hart-Davidson, Bill and Steven D. Krause “Re: The Future of Computers and Writing: A Multivocal Textumentary”]]
*[[Johnson-Eilola, Johndan “Negative Spaces: From Production to Connection in Composition”]]
*[[Logie, John “Champing at the Bits: Computers, Copyright, ad the Composition Classroom”]]
*[[Lunsford, Andrea and Lisa Ede "On Distinctions between Classical and Modern Rhetoric"]]
*[[Ohmann, Richard “In Lieu of a New Rhetoric”]]
*[[Palmquist, Mike, Kate Kiefer, James Hartvigsen, and Barbara Goodlew "Contrasts: Teaching and Learning about Writing in Traditional and Computer Classrooms"]]
*[[Perelman, Chaïm "The New Rhetoric: A Theory of Practical Reasoning"]]
*[[Richards, I.A. "How to Read a Page"]]
*[[Saussure, Ferdinand de "Nature of the Linguistic Sign"]]
*[[Scott, Robert L. "On Viewing Rhetoric as Epistemic"]]
*[[Selfe, Cynthia L. & Richard J. Selfe Jr. "The Politics of the Interface: Power and Its Exercise in Electronic Contact Zones"]]
*[[Slatin, John M. "Reading Hypertext: Order and Coherence in a New Medium"]]
*[[Sorapure, Madeleine, Pamela Inglesby, and George Yatchisin "Web Literacy: Challenges and Opportunities for Research in a New Medium"]]
*[[“The Cultural Role of Rhetoric” by Richard Weaver]]
*[["The Layout of Arguments" by Stephen Toulmin]]
*[["CCCC Position Statement"]]
*[[“Looking for Sources of Coherence in a Fragmented World: Notes toward a New Assessment Design” by Kathleen Blake Yancey]]
*[[“Part 2: Toward an Integrated Composition Pedagogy in Hypertext” by Sean D. Williams]]

Slatin, John M. "Reading Hypertext: Order and Coherence in a New Medium"

2011-04-09T01:01:11Z

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[[John M. Slatin]]

Article Summaries

2011-04-09T01:00:46Z

Kelli:

*[[Bakhtin, Mikhail "Toward a Methodology for the Human Sciences"]]
*[[Baron, Dennis "From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technology"]]
*[[Barthes, Roland "Death of the Author"]]
*[[Bryant, Donald C. "Rhetoric: Its Functions and Its Scope"]]
*[[Burke, Kenneth "Definition of Man"]]
*[[Corder, Jim W. "Argument as Emergence, Rhetoric as Love"]]
*[[Foucault, Michel "What Is an Author?"]]
*[[Halloran, Michael S. "On the End of Rhetoric: Classical and Modern"]]
*[[Hart-Davidson, Bill and Steven D. Krause “Re: The Future of Computers and Writing: A Multivocal Textumentary”]]
*[[Johnson-Eilola, Johndan “Negative Spaces: From Production to Connection in Composition”]]
*[[Logie, John “Champing at the Bits: Computers, Copyright, ad the Composition Classroom”]]
*[[Lunsford, Andrea and Lisa Ede "On Distinctions between Classical and Modern Rhetoric"]]
*[[Ohmann, Richard “In Lieu of a New Rhetoric”]]
*[[Palmquist, Mike, Kate Kiefer, James Hartvigsen, and Barbara Goodlew "Contrasts: Teaching and Learning about Writing in Traditional and Computer Classrooms"]]
*[[Perelman, Chaïm "The New Rhetoric: A Theory of Practical Reasoning"]]
*[[Richards, I.A. "How to Read a Page"]]
*[[Saussure, Ferdinand de "Nature of the Linguistic Sign"]]
*[[Scott, Robert L. "On Viewing Rhetoric as Epistemic"]]
*[[Selfe, Cynthia L. & Richard J. Selfe Jr. "The Politics of the Interface: Power and Its Exercise in Electronic Contact Zones"]]
*[[Slatin, John M. "Reading Hypertext: Order and Coherence in a New Medium"]]
*[[“The Cultural Role of Rhetoric” by Richard Weaver]]
*[["The Layout of Arguments" by Stephen Toulmin]]
*[["CCCC Position Statement"]]
*[[“Looking for Sources of Coherence in a Fragmented World: Notes toward a New Assessment Design” by Kathleen Blake Yancey]]
*[[“Web Literacy: Challenges and Opportunities for Research in a New Medium” by Madeleine Sorapure, Pamela Inglesby, and George Yatchisin]]
*[[“Part 2: Toward an Integrated Composition Pedagogy in Hypertext” by Sean D. Williams]]

Selfe, Cynthia L. & Richard J. Selfe Jr. "The Politics of the Interface: Power and Its Exercise in Electronic Contact Zones"

2011-04-09T00:59:09Z

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[[Cynthia L. Selfe]] & [[Richard J. Selfe Jr.]]

Article Summaries

2011-04-09T00:58:14Z

Kelli:

*[[Bakhtin, Mikhail "Toward a Methodology for the Human Sciences"]]
*[[Baron, Dennis "From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technology"]]
*[[Barthes, Roland "Death of the Author"]]
*[[Bryant, Donald C. "Rhetoric: Its Functions and Its Scope"]]
*[[Burke, Kenneth "Definition of Man"]]
*[[Corder, Jim W. "Argument as Emergence, Rhetoric as Love"]]
*[[Foucault, Michel "What Is an Author?"]]
*[[Halloran, Michael S. "On the End of Rhetoric: Classical and Modern"]]
*[[Hart-Davidson, Bill and Steven D. Krause “Re: The Future of Computers and Writing: A Multivocal Textumentary”]]
*[[Johnson-Eilola, Johndan “Negative Spaces: From Production to Connection in Composition”]]
*[[Logie, John “Champing at the Bits: Computers, Copyright, ad the Composition Classroom”]]
*[[Lunsford, Andrea and Lisa Ede "On Distinctions between Classical and Modern Rhetoric"]]
*[[Ohmann, Richard “In Lieu of a New Rhetoric”]]
*[[Palmquist, Mike, Kate Kiefer, James Hartvigsen, and Barbara Goodlew "Contrasts: Teaching and Learning about Writing in Traditional and Computer Classrooms"]]
*[[Perelman, Chaïm "The New Rhetoric: A Theory of Practical Reasoning"]]
*[[Richards, I.A. "How to Read a Page"]]
*[[Saussure, Ferdinand de "Nature of the Linguistic Sign"]]
*[[Scott, Robert L. "On Viewing Rhetoric as Epistemic"]]
*[[Selfe, Cynthia L. & Richard J. Selfe Jr. "The Politics of the Interface: Power and Its Exercise in Electronic Contact Zones"]]
*[[“The Cultural Role of Rhetoric” by Richard Weaver]]
*[["The Layout of Arguments" by Stephen Toulmin]]
*[["CCCC Position Statement"]]
*[[“Reading Hypertext: Order and Coherence in a New Medium” by John M. Slatin]]
*[[“Looking for Sources of Coherence in a Fragmented World: Notes toward a New Assessment Design” by Kathleen Blake Yancey]]
*[[“Web Literacy: Challenges and Opportunities for Research in a New Medium” by Madeleine Sorapure, Pamela Inglesby, and George Yatchisin]]
*[[“Part 2: Toward an Integrated Composition Pedagogy in Hypertext” by Sean D. Williams]]

Scott, Robert L. "On Viewing Rhetoric as Epistemic"

2011-04-09T00:44:05Z

Kelli: Created page with "Robert L. Scott begins “On Viewing Rhetoric as Epistemic” by explaining how in the common conception of classical rhetoric (such as Plato’s portrayal in the Socratic di..."

[[Robert L. Scott]] begins “On Viewing Rhetoric as Epistemic” by explaining how in the common conception of classical rhetoric (such as Plato’s portrayal in the Socratic dialogues), some people can know the “truth” and must use rhetoric to lead others to the truth. Yet Scott disagrees. Drawing on the work of Stephen Toulmin, he first explains how through the “analytic argument” (i.e., the kind of argument used in the traditional syllogism), one cannot actually gain any empirical knowledge about the world. This is because by nature, the facts of the world are contingent and dependent on time, whereas analytic arguments are meant to be immutable and time-independent. Scott then discusses Douglas Ehninger and Wayne Brockriede’s views on debate, saying that the “cooperative critical inquiry” used in debate is a more accurate means for finding—or creating—truth. Scott then explains how understanding the nature of truth has important ramifications in ethics. One must attempt to make the proper moral choices even though no objective standard of truth for ethics actually exists.

Article Summaries

2011-04-09T00:43:37Z

Kelli:

*[[Bakhtin, Mikhail "Toward a Methodology for the Human Sciences"]]
*[[Baron, Dennis "From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technology"]]
*[[Barthes, Roland "Death of the Author"]]
*[[Bryant, Donald C. "Rhetoric: Its Functions and Its Scope"]]
*[[Burke, Kenneth "Definition of Man"]]
*[[Corder, Jim W. "Argument as Emergence, Rhetoric as Love"]]
*[[Foucault, Michel "What Is an Author?"]]
*[[Halloran, Michael S. "On the End of Rhetoric: Classical and Modern"]]
*[[Hart-Davidson, Bill and Steven D. Krause “Re: The Future of Computers and Writing: A Multivocal Textumentary”]]
*[[Johnson-Eilola, Johndan “Negative Spaces: From Production to Connection in Composition”]]
*[[Logie, John “Champing at the Bits: Computers, Copyright, ad the Composition Classroom”]]
*[[Lunsford, Andrea and Lisa Ede "On Distinctions between Classical and Modern Rhetoric"]]
*[[Ohmann, Richard “In Lieu of a New Rhetoric”]]
*[[Palmquist, Mike, Kate Kiefer, James Hartvigsen, and Barbara Goodlew "Contrasts: Teaching and Learning about Writing in Traditional and Computer Classrooms"]]
*[[Perelman, Chaïm "The New Rhetoric: A Theory of Practical Reasoning"]]
*[[Richards, I.A. "How to Read a Page"]]
*[[Saussure, Ferdinand de "Nature of the Linguistic Sign"]]
*[[Scott, Robert L. "On Viewing Rhetoric as Epistemic"]]
*[[“The Cultural Role of Rhetoric” by Richard Weaver]]
*[["The Layout of Arguments" by Stephen Toulmin]]
*[["CCCC Position Statement"]]
*[[“The Politics of the Interface: Power and Its Exercise in Electronic Contact Zones” by Cynthia L. Selfe & Richard J. Selfe Jr.]]
*[[“Reading Hypertext: Order and Coherence in a New Medium” by John M. Slatin]]
*[[“Looking for Sources of Coherence in a Fragmented World: Notes toward a New Assessment Design” by Kathleen Blake Yancey]]
*[[“Web Literacy: Challenges and Opportunities for Research in a New Medium” by Madeleine Sorapure, Pamela Inglesby, and George Yatchisin]]
*[[“Part 2: Toward an Integrated Composition Pedagogy in Hypertext” by Sean D. Williams]]

Saussure, Ferdinand de "Nature of the Linguistic Sign"

2011-04-09T00:42:06Z

Kelli: Created page with "In “Nature of the Linguistic Sign,” Ferdinand de Saussure argues that a linguistic sign can be broken up into two parts: a concept (signified) and a sound-image (signifie..."

In “Nature of the Linguistic Sign,” [[Ferdinand de Saussure]] argues that a linguistic sign can be broken up into two parts: a concept (signified) and a sound-image (signifier). He points out how the sign is arbitrary and not based on an inherent relationship between the signified and signifier. He says the sign is both immutable—no one in a community can alter the language at will—and mutable—given enough time, social forces will cause shifts in language, though language is always inherited from the preceding period.

Article Summaries

2011-04-09T00:41:53Z

Kelli:

*[[Bakhtin, Mikhail "Toward a Methodology for the Human Sciences"]]
*[[Baron, Dennis "From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technology"]]
*[[Barthes, Roland "Death of the Author"]]
*[[Bryant, Donald C. "Rhetoric: Its Functions and Its Scope"]]
*[[Burke, Kenneth "Definition of Man"]]
*[[Corder, Jim W. "Argument as Emergence, Rhetoric as Love"]]
*[[Foucault, Michel "What Is an Author?"]]
*[[Halloran, Michael S. "On the End of Rhetoric: Classical and Modern"]]
*[[Hart-Davidson, Bill and Steven D. Krause “Re: The Future of Computers and Writing: A Multivocal Textumentary”]]
*[[Johnson-Eilola, Johndan “Negative Spaces: From Production to Connection in Composition”]]
*[[Logie, John “Champing at the Bits: Computers, Copyright, ad the Composition Classroom”]]
*[[Lunsford, Andrea and Lisa Ede "On Distinctions between Classical and Modern Rhetoric"]]
*[[Ohmann, Richard “In Lieu of a New Rhetoric”]]
*[[Palmquist, Mike, Kate Kiefer, James Hartvigsen, and Barbara Goodlew "Contrasts: Teaching and Learning about Writing in Traditional and Computer Classrooms"]]
*[[Perelman, Chaïm "The New Rhetoric: A Theory of Practical Reasoning"]]
*[[Richards, I.A. "How to Read a Page"]]
*[[Saussure, Ferdinand de "Nature of the Linguistic Sign"]]
*[[“The Cultural Role of Rhetoric” by Richard Weaver]]
*[["The Layout of Arguments" by Stephen Toulmin]]
*[["On Viewing Rhetoric as Epistemic" by Robert L. Scott]]
*[["CCCC Position Statement"]]
*[[“The Politics of the Interface: Power and Its Exercise in Electronic Contact Zones” by Cynthia L. Selfe & Richard J. Selfe Jr.]]
*[[“Reading Hypertext: Order and Coherence in a New Medium” by John M. Slatin]]
*[[“Looking for Sources of Coherence in a Fragmented World: Notes toward a New Assessment Design” by Kathleen Blake Yancey]]
*[[“Web Literacy: Challenges and Opportunities for Research in a New Medium” by Madeleine Sorapure, Pamela Inglesby, and George Yatchisin]]
*[[“Part 2: Toward an Integrated Composition Pedagogy in Hypertext” by Sean D. Williams]]

Richards, I.A. "How to Read a Page"

2011-04-09T00:40:10Z

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In “How to Read a Page,” [[I. A. Richards]] writes at length about ideal strategies for interacting with and making meaning out of texts. He explains the difficulties involved in varying interpretations and outlines some common words that are important, but ambiguous. He then illustrates the complexities involved in reading a page by providing an example: a somewhat abstruse passage written by Aristotle. Richards rewrites this passage in plain English and highlights various distinctions he makes in his rewritten version. His analysis leads him to make the following conclusions about reading pages: it helps to read text keeping in mind vocal emphases to better discern structure (reading aloud), to read slowly and deliberately, and to read with an eye for comparison between meanings—or “translation” in the sense of figuring out the context in which different words are used.

Article Summaries

2011-04-09T00:39:51Z

Kelli:

*[[Bakhtin, Mikhail "Toward a Methodology for the Human Sciences"]]
*[[Baron, Dennis "From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technology"]]
*[[Barthes, Roland "Death of the Author"]]
*[[Bryant, Donald C. "Rhetoric: Its Functions and Its Scope"]]
*[[Burke, Kenneth "Definition of Man"]]
*[[Corder, Jim W. "Argument as Emergence, Rhetoric as Love"]]
*[[Foucault, Michel "What Is an Author?"]]
*[[Halloran, Michael S. "On the End of Rhetoric: Classical and Modern"]]
*[[Hart-Davidson, Bill and Steven D. Krause “Re: The Future of Computers and Writing: A Multivocal Textumentary”]]
*[[Johnson-Eilola, Johndan “Negative Spaces: From Production to Connection in Composition”]]
*[[Logie, John “Champing at the Bits: Computers, Copyright, ad the Composition Classroom”]]
*[[Lunsford, Andrea and Lisa Ede "On Distinctions between Classical and Modern Rhetoric"]]
*[[Ohmann, Richard “In Lieu of a New Rhetoric”]]
*[[Palmquist, Mike, Kate Kiefer, James Hartvigsen, and Barbara Goodlew "Contrasts: Teaching and Learning about Writing in Traditional and Computer Classrooms"]]
*[[Perelman, Chaïm "The New Rhetoric: A Theory of Practical Reasoning"]]
*[[Richards, I.A. "How to Read a Page"]]
*[["Nature of the Linguistic Sign" by Ferdinand de Saussure]]
*[[“The Cultural Role of Rhetoric” by Richard Weaver]]
*[["The Layout of Arguments" by Stephen Toulmin]]
*[["On Viewing Rhetoric as Epistemic" by Robert L. Scott]]
*[["CCCC Position Statement"]]
*[[“The Politics of the Interface: Power and Its Exercise in Electronic Contact Zones” by Cynthia L. Selfe & Richard J. Selfe Jr.]]
*[[“Reading Hypertext: Order and Coherence in a New Medium” by John M. Slatin]]
*[[“Looking for Sources of Coherence in a Fragmented World: Notes toward a New Assessment Design” by Kathleen Blake Yancey]]
*[[“Web Literacy: Challenges and Opportunities for Research in a New Medium” by Madeleine Sorapure, Pamela Inglesby, and George Yatchisin]]
*[[“Part 2: Toward an Integrated Composition Pedagogy in Hypertext” by Sean D. Williams]]

Perelman, Chaïm "The New Rhetoric: A Theory of Practical Reasoning"

2011-04-09T00:37:52Z

Kelli: Created page with "In "The New Rhetoric: A Theory of Practical Reasoning" Chaim Perelman starts his essay by explaining the fall out of classical rhetoric, and how the current rhetoric is diffe..."

In "The New Rhetoric: A Theory of Practical Reasoning" [[Chaim Perelman]] starts his essay by explaining the fall out of classical rhetoric, and how the current rhetoric is different from the definitions it use to have. He doesn’t throw out the idea of classical rhetoric completely, though; he gives examples to show that classical rhetoric was practical, rather than just an empty style. Perelman tells how he discovered what he calls new rhetoric by studying how people make value judgments (connects with dialectical reasoning). Since the new rhetoric is “a theory of argumentation,” it is important to understand what differentiates argumentation from simply demonstrating (153). A demonstration is based off of rules and guidelines that were previously created. In demonstration, the orator/rhetor does not try to persuade or compel his or her audience. Argumentation, however, has the purpose of moving the audience, persuading the audience, communicating with the audience, and getting the audience to listen (154-55). All argumentation, therefore, must be made to be effective to its audience. This is where new rhetoric differentiates from classical rhetoric. New rhetoric “has a wider scope as nonformal reasoning that aims at obtaining or reinforcing the adherence of an audience” (155).
After learning what new rhetoric is, Perelman teaches us how it works. There are the uses of facts, truths, presumptions, values, hierarchies, and loci of the preferable. Facts and truths are things universally agreed upon; the orator does not need to spent his or her time trying to get the audience to believe these facts/truths. Values play the role of moving the audience, influencing their decisions. Perelman mentions that values that may seem universal are really not. He argues there is just a desire for an universal agreement. In any situation, the orator must “know the opinion of [his or her] audience,” so he or she can answer any questions asked (159). The orator must be have prepared his argument with relevant information both to the audience and the subject. They must also know what they considered a strong/weak argument, and what type of argument will get his audience will care for (listen to), and what type of argument his audience won’t care about (159). The orator must choose an effective argument and structure it so his or her audience comes to his or her desired conclusion.
Perelman talks about Quasi Logical arguments that uses an artificial language so “one sign can have only one meaning” (162). There are also arguments that appeal to the real, meaning they are based on reality’s structure. Arguments that attempt to establish the real are arguments trying to generate a reality.
Perelman also discusses how to deal with dissociation. According to him, philosophers use dissociation to move the audience from common sense into a “vision of reality” that doesn’t have conflict of opinions.

Article Summaries

2011-04-09T00:37:36Z

Kelli:

*[[Bakhtin, Mikhail "Toward a Methodology for the Human Sciences"]]
*[[Baron, Dennis "From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technology"]]
*[[Barthes, Roland "Death of the Author"]]
*[[Bryant, Donald C. "Rhetoric: Its Functions and Its Scope"]]
*[[Burke, Kenneth "Definition of Man"]]
*[[Corder, Jim W. "Argument as Emergence, Rhetoric as Love"]]
*[[Foucault, Michel "What Is an Author?"]]
*[[Halloran, Michael S. "On the End of Rhetoric: Classical and Modern"]]
*[[Hart-Davidson, Bill and Steven D. Krause “Re: The Future of Computers and Writing: A Multivocal Textumentary”]]
*[[Johnson-Eilola, Johndan “Negative Spaces: From Production to Connection in Composition”]]
*[[Logie, John “Champing at the Bits: Computers, Copyright, ad the Composition Classroom”]]
*[[Lunsford, Andrea and Lisa Ede "On Distinctions between Classical and Modern Rhetoric"]]
*[[Ohmann, Richard “In Lieu of a New Rhetoric”]]
*[[Palmquist, Mike, Kate Kiefer, James Hartvigsen, and Barbara Goodlew "Contrasts: Teaching and Learning about Writing in Traditional and Computer Classrooms"]]
*[[Perelman, Chaïm "The New Rhetoric: A Theory of Practical Reasoning"]]
*[["Nature of the Linguistic Sign" by Ferdinand de Saussure]]
*[["How to Read a Page" by I. A. Richards]]
*[[“The Cultural Role of Rhetoric” by Richard Weaver]]
*[["The Layout of Arguments" by Stephen Toulmin]]
*[["On Viewing Rhetoric as Epistemic" by Robert L. Scott]]
*[["CCCC Position Statement"]]
*[[“The Politics of the Interface: Power and Its Exercise in Electronic Contact Zones” by Cynthia L. Selfe & Richard J. Selfe Jr.]]
*[[“Reading Hypertext: Order and Coherence in a New Medium” by John M. Slatin]]
*[[“Looking for Sources of Coherence in a Fragmented World: Notes toward a New Assessment Design” by Kathleen Blake Yancey]]
*[[“Web Literacy: Challenges and Opportunities for Research in a New Medium” by Madeleine Sorapure, Pamela Inglesby, and George Yatchisin]]
*[[“Part 2: Toward an Integrated Composition Pedagogy in Hypertext” by Sean D. Williams]]

Palmquist, Mike, Kate Kiefer, James Hartvigsen, and Barbara Goodlew "Contrasts: Teaching and Learning about Writing in Traditional and Computer Classrooms"

2011-04-09T00:35:36Z

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[[Mike Palmquist]] et al. highlighted the difference between writing in a traditional classroom versus a computer classroom by looking at these specific areas: “teaching strategies and class preparation; teacher attitudes about teaching in the two classroom settings; interactions among students and between teachers and students; students attitudes about writing, and student writing performance” (252). The seven themes they identified with in their studies were as followed: “ curricular issues; teachers roles; interaction among classmates between students and teachers; the classroom context; transfer of activities from the computer to the traditional classrooms; the introductions and use of technology in the computer classroom, and; student attitudes and writing performance” (255). With these themes, teachers noted that students tended to write more in the computer classroom and has less anxiety about using technology, while in the traditional classroom the students resisted writing because they found that drafting and reviewing seemed unnecessary because they were going to have to type it up later. Traditional classrooms were more teacher focused, because the teachers felt they had to constantly be giving instruction and leading the class through lectures, group discussions, and more; whereas, the computer classrooms were more student focused and the teachers served more as a role of a supporter by putting the responsibility on their students for their own learning. The hardest part for the teachers was to try to put the things they found effective in one class in the other. There were many difference to the interaction between students and teachers inside and outside of class in both cases, but students seem to talk more to each other about writing in the computer classroom.

Article Summaries

2011-04-09T00:35:11Z

Kelli:

*[[Bakhtin, Mikhail "Toward a Methodology for the Human Sciences"]]
*[[Baron, Dennis "From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technology"]]
*[[Barthes, Roland "Death of the Author"]]
*[[Bryant, Donald C. "Rhetoric: Its Functions and Its Scope"]]
*[[Burke, Kenneth "Definition of Man"]]
*[[Corder, Jim W. "Argument as Emergence, Rhetoric as Love"]]
*[[Foucault, Michel "What Is an Author?"]]
*[[Halloran, Michael S. "On the End of Rhetoric: Classical and Modern"]]
*[[Hart-Davidson, Bill and Steven D. Krause “Re: The Future of Computers and Writing: A Multivocal Textumentary”]]
*[[Johnson-Eilola, Johndan “Negative Spaces: From Production to Connection in Composition”]]
*[[Logie, John “Champing at the Bits: Computers, Copyright, ad the Composition Classroom”]]
*[[Lunsford, Andrea and Lisa Ede "On Distinctions between Classical and Modern Rhetoric"]]
*[[Ohmann, Richard “In Lieu of a New Rhetoric”]]
*[[Palmquist, Mike, Kate Kiefer, James Hartvigsen, and Barbara Goodlew "Contrasts: Teaching and Learning about Writing in Traditional and Computer Classrooms"]]
*[["Nature of the Linguistic Sign" by Ferdinand de Saussure]]
*[["How to Read a Page" by I. A. Richards]]
*[["The New Rhetoric: A Theory of Practical Reasoning" by Chaïm Perelman]]
*[[“The Cultural Role of Rhetoric” by Richard Weaver]]
*[["The Layout of Arguments" by Stephen Toulmin]]
*[["On Viewing Rhetoric as Epistemic" by Robert L. Scott]]
*[["CCCC Position Statement"]]
*[[“The Politics of the Interface: Power and Its Exercise in Electronic Contact Zones” by Cynthia L. Selfe & Richard J. Selfe Jr.]]
*[[“Reading Hypertext: Order and Coherence in a New Medium” by John M. Slatin]]
*[[“Looking for Sources of Coherence in a Fragmented World: Notes toward a New Assessment Design” by Kathleen Blake Yancey]]
*[[“Web Literacy: Challenges and Opportunities for Research in a New Medium” by Madeleine Sorapure, Pamela Inglesby, and George Yatchisin]]
*[[“Part 2: Toward an Integrated Composition Pedagogy in Hypertext” by Sean D. Williams]]

Ohmann, Richard “In Lieu of a New Rhetoric”

2011-04-07T21:13:50Z

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In “In Lieu of a New Rhetoric,” [[Richard Ohmann]] starts by acknowledging the past perceptions of rhetoric as a “mysterious power” and as a “calculated procedure” bond in the similar characteristic of dealing with persuasion (298). He continues by contrasting the views of many of the new rhetoricians like I.A. Richards, Daniel Fogarty, and Richard Weaver--to name a few. He then states his purpose: “suggest one way in which contemporary ideas of rhetoric...resemble each other more than any of them resembles older ideas” (300). This similarity between the contemporary ideas is that they open the term rhetoric to incorporate a broader spectrum of linguistic activity; this is different from the classical view of rhetoric as persuasion. Ohmann outlines these relationships using five aspects: the relationship between the rhetor and the audience in which new rhetoric encompasses a more mutual relationship, rhetoric as a pursuit versus the transmission of truth, candor as a necessary condition of making rhetoric, the attribution of how much a work reflects the author (only in style says new rhetoricians), and rhetoric reflecting the concepts of a world view (of the world, community, group, or an individual). Ohmann continues to discuss rhetoric in terms of teaching freshman-level college students. He states that the current methods of grammarian rules, etc. are not affective in the classroom. Rather, he proposes a “four-part framework” for teaching freshman. First, the students must understand “the relationship between a piece of writing and its content.Then, they should be taught the “relationship between a piece of writing and its author” and its relationship with the audience (304). And, final idea they should learn is that of the world views previously discussed by Ohmann.

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