ENGL 1301: Essentials of College Rhetoric

Course materials

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   Unit I · Language & Identity — Sandra Cisneros vignettes

   My Name & No Speak English

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   Unit I · Language & Identity — Julie Beck (The Atlantic)

   Life's Stories: Narrative & Personality

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   Unit I · Language & Identity — Audre Lorde

   The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action

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   Unit II · Reading the Conversations — Dr. Joshua Wilkey · May 5, 2017

   Blessed are the White Trash

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   Unit II · Reading the Conversations — Dr. Parton (Literacy In Place) · January 14, 2022

   What Is (My) Rural Language Variety?

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   Unit II · Reading the Conversations — Emelie K. Peine (Daily Yonder) · August 22, 2023

   Hillbillies in Higher Ed: Confronting Anti-Rural Bias in Academia

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   Unit II · Reading the Conversations — David Joy (The Bitter Southerner)

   Digging in the Trash

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   ENGL 1301 · Chapter 4 — by Elizabeth Hughes

   Ch 4: Adapting Language Practices for Varying Rhetorical Situations

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   ENGL 1301 · Chapter 5: Reading Rhetorically and Critically

   Ch 5: Reading Rhetorically and Critically

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    ENGL 1301 · Chapter 6, sections 6.1–6.2 — by Jacob M. Hall

    Ch 6 (Part 1): Summarizing & Paraphrasing

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    ENGL 1301 · Chapter 6, sections 6.3–6.4 — by Jacob M. Hall

    Ch 6 (Part 2): Quoting & Synthesizing

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    ENGL 1301 · Chapter 8: Responding Kairotically — by Seanie Mardell

    Ch 8: Kairos (+ external Stasis handout)

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    ENGL 1301 · Chapter 15, §15.1–15.2 — Secondary Research

    Ch 15 (Part 1): Finding Sources — The Information Cycle

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    ENGL 1301 · Chapter 15, §15.3 — Secondary Research

    Ch 15 (Part 2): Evaluating Sources

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    ENGL 1301 · Chapter 7 (Analyzing Rhetorically) + Chapter 9 (Ethos)

    Ch 7 & Ch 9: Analyzing Rhetorically + Ethos

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    ENGL 1301 · Chapter 10 — by Brook McClurg

    Ch 10: Building Intimacy and Distance — Rhetorical Distance

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    ENGL 1301 · Chapter 11 — Logos

    Ch 11: Arguments from Reasoning — Logos

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    ENGL 1301 · Chapter 12 — by Max Kirschenbaum

    Ch 12: Creating Emotions in Audiences — Pathos

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    Final writing projects

    Multimodal project: final submission check

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    Final writing projects

    Unit IV reflection: planning and submission

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    Final writing projects

    Final self-assessment: claims, evidence, and transfer