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Come to class prepared, contribute to discussions, participate in the building and the development of the course. In particular, think reflectively about all the readings, and think publicly. Ways to get a good grade: ask relevant questions, make salient observations, look for and point out connections in the material, provide helpful analyses of arguments that come up, ...; be an upstanding 309C citizen. Ways to get a mediocre grade: come to class, sit in your seat, say nothing, avoid eye contact with the professor, ...; be a disengaged 309C citizen. Ways to get a poor grade: stay away from class, or come and make long irrelevant commentaries, or treat your fellow students with extravagant disrespect while they are commenting to class, read your e-mail, text your friends and enemies, review the calls on your cell phone, have a sandwich and a thermos of soup, ...; be a lousy 309C citizen. By the way, I am almost impervious to arguments that third-year university students, in a rhetoric programme, destined for careers involving the professional use of language, should not 'be required to talk in class'. |
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Do the readings before the assigned class; often, it is advisable to do them again after the class as well. If you have any questions, please make sure you ask them. Familiarize yourself with Policy #71, especially as to plagiarism and other forms of cheating. Information about, and policies regarding, academic integrity in general, including your right to appeal or file a grievance, is available here. The late policy is simple: don't be. If personal concerns, including health issues, prevent you from meeting a deadline, contact me ahead of time to make arrangements; if unforeseen circumstances prevent you from meeting a deadline, contact me when you are able and we can work something out. Please note that bad planning, conflict with assignments in other courses, and video-game addictions (to list a few attested reasons offered by students in the past) are not interpretable as personal concerns. |
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Bitzer, Lloyd F. "The Rhetorical Situation." Philosophy and Rhetoric 1.1 (1968): 1-14. (pdf) Booth, Wayne C. "The Rhetorical Stance." College Composition and Communication 14.3 (1963): 139-145. (pdf) Booth, Wayne C. "Censorship and the Values of Fiction." The English Journal 53.3 (1964): 155-164. (pdf) Burke, Kenneth "Psychology and Form." The Dial 79.1 (1925): 34-46. (pdf) Campbell, John Angus. "The Invisible Rhetorician: Charles Darwin's 'Third Party' Strategy." Rhetorica 7.1 (1989): 55-85. (pdf) |
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(Report linkrot or suggest other sites here) Silva Rhetoricae (especially good for figuration) Michael Gilbert's Argumentation Theory page |