Rhetorical Strategies for Composition

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Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Rhetorical Strategies is a worktext for composition students to apply rhetorical theory in their writing. The exercises interconnect rhetorical skill work for students to practice “thinking on paper” in style (rhetorical figures, emphasis, arrangement); language (audience appropriate, diction, syntax); and conventions (MLA style, format, source handling). Content includes: Aristotle’s Six Parts of an Argument, Rhetorical Situations, Appeals and Fallacies, Thesis Statements, Topic Sentences, Voice, Stylistics, Revision, Documenting Sources, Grammar/Punctuation/Usage, and Visual Arguments. All skills are reflected in a sample student research paper. Content is relevant for AP Composition and Language courses as well as college composition and seminar courses with an emphasis on rhetorical principles.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-11-10
Mått216 x 270 x 9 mm
Vikt336 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor136
Upplaga2
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781475857306

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Karen Wink is an English Professor at the U. S. Coast Guard Academy where she has taught freshman composition and literature as well as upper-class world literature for 20 years. Previously, Dr. Wink earned her doctorate in English Education from the University of Maryland and taught high school English in the Howard County, MD. school district for four years. Dr. Wink received an “Excellence in Teaching” award from the New England Teachers of English. Her research interests focuses on rhetoric and pedagogy in the field of English Education.

Acknowledgments Introduction 1: Rhetoric 2: Forming an Argument: Aristotle’s Parts of an Argument 3: Rhetorical Situations 4: Appeals and Fallacies 5: Voice 6: Stylistics 7: Revision 8: Documenting Sources 9: Grammar, Punctuation, and Usage 10: Visual Arguments Appendix I: Sample Research Paper with Audience Analysis: Angela, College Freshman, Composition Course Audience Analysis for Angela’s Research Paper Appendix II: Answer Key and Reference Lists Works Cited About the Author

Karen Wink's text offers the essentials of classical rhetoric for writing students in a textbook that is brief, clear and yet amazingly thorough. Using questions as headings, Wink covers everything from assessing the writer's initial rhetorical situation, to the five parts of an argument, the appeals of ethos, pathos and logos, and the common fallacies, down through matters of style, revision, documentation, and proofreading. Traditional material like the writing process is covered, but in a way that makes them part of the overall strategy of a well-designed argument. At the same time, less frequently covered topics are included so that students acquire a deeper appreciation of rhetorical argument, as in Wink's version of the stases combined with the topics in Chapter 2, or her especially strong coverage of Style in a chapter (6) that includes a useful list of figures of speech and methods of sentence analysis and invention. Drawing on her years of classroom experience, Wink includes published and student-written examples throughout, as well as useful tables, checklists and exercises that immediately apply the material just explained. Altogether, Karen Wink's text covers everything needed for a complete, rhetorically-based writing course in the most engaging and student-friendly way possible.