Schedule

September

1st

Introduction to Class

Wiki Orientation

Information Exchange

Writing Samples Collected

Due:

Create link on our Roster page
First Response due before 9 AM, Tuesday, September 8

Reading Assignments

The Syllabus for this course (bring any questions with you on Tuesday)
Chapters 1 ("Why Argue") and 7 ("Putting Good Reasons into Action") in Good Reasons
Gorgias' "Encomium to Helen" (now also linked here)
Excerpts from Plato's Gorgias
The wikipedia entry on enthymeme
The American Rhetoric page on enthymemes

Sept 6th

Disciplining Rhetoric

Rhetorical Toolbox Opened

Enthymemes

Stasis Theory

Rhetorical Triangles

Artistic Appeals

Due: Second Response due before 9 AM,Thursday, September 8

Reading Assignments:

Though they are numerous...they are short (and since many of you touted how avidly you read in your writing samples, it should be no problem!)

Chapter 1 ("They Say") in They Say/I Say (17-27)
Chapter 1 (if you haven't already) and Chapter 2 ("Reading Arguments") in Good Reasons
Gore Vidal: Drugs
Theodore Dalyrymple: Don't Legalize Drugs

Sept 8th

The Rhetorical Toolbox

Tools added + Tools Used

Reading Assignments:

Read the instructions for Project One and the student examples for same; be prepared to explain which of the examples you like the best and why you felt this way.
Chapters 6 ("Analyzing Visual Arguments") in Good Reasons (30-51; 90-100)
(optional) Roland Barthes: "The Rhetoric of the Image"

Sept 13

The Ad Analysis

Introduction to Project One

First of Two Visual Rhetorical Analysis Workouts

Due: Fourth Response due before 9AM, Thursday, September 15

Reading Assignments:

somewhat lengthy: Ruth Shalit: Return of the Hidden Persuaders part one and part two
Brief: Susan Kushchinkas: How Advertising Works Our Nerves (In a Good Way)
Brief: Martin Lindstrom: How Subliminal Advertising Works
Challenging: Thomas Frank: Why Johnny Can't Dissent

15

Lost in the Supermarket

The Rhetoric of Advertising and the Age of Persuasion

Due: First paragraph of your rough draft of Project One due via a link to the page you created on our Roster before 9 AM Tuesday

Reading Assignments

Chapter 4 ("Drafting and Revising Arguments") in Good Reasons (52-65)
Read over (again) the instructions for, and examples of, Project One

Sept 20

Writing Project One

Workshopping Project One Intro Paragraphs

Rhetorical/Structural Options for Project One

Introduction Strategies

Due: Your rough draft of Project One (complete draft) is due via a link to the page you created on our Roster before class on Thursday.

22

First Rough Draft Workshop

Due: Drop a link to the final draft of your execution of Project One to the Project One Storage Bin page before 11:59 PM, Sunday, October 2

Reading Assignments:

Review instructions for, and student sample executions of, Project Two and be prepared to discuss which of the examples you found the best and why
Chapter 5 ("Analyzing Written Arguments") in Good Reasons (69-79)
Chapters 2 ("Her Point Is"), 3 ("As He Himself Puts it"), and 5 ("And Yet") in They Say/I Say (64-73) and the readings "Don't Blame the Eater" and "The Empire of Images" in They Say/I Say (28-48; 139-141; 149-161)
Bordo's "Empire of Images" is also available here

Sept 27

(re) Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis

Introduction to Project Two

Contextual vs. Features Analysis

Effective Thesis Statements for Rhetorical Analyses

First In-Class Rhetorical Workout

Due:

Post your selection to the I Got Mine page before midnight tomorrow.

Reading Assignments

Read the introduction - "Hooked on Fame" - to Fame Junkies as well as the chapter your team has been assigned

Sept 29

Hooked on Rhetorical Analysis

Writing Support Paragraphs for Rhetorical Analyses

Due: Fifth Reading Response due before 9 AM, October 4

Reading Assignment:

The Entirety of Shooting War (the free web comic version)

Oct 4

At War with Rhetorical Analysis

Review of Support Paragraph Entries

More Structural Elements for Project Two

The Enthymeme-meme

Due: Work on Project Two, Rough Draft due next Tuesday, 10/11

Thursday Oct 6

Rhetorical Analysis of Rip! A Remix Manifesto

Due Next Class: Rough Draft of project two (bring your I GOT MINE chosen book with you)

Oct 11

Today: Workshopping Project Two

Due Next Class: Complete first Draft of Project 2

Oct 13

Peer Review of Project Two

Project Two Due: Sunday Monday Oct 16 17 Night at Midnight

Oct 18

Defining Problems/Problematic Definitions

Types of Definitions
Difficult Definitions and their Consequences
Examples: Defining (Child) Pornography, (Living) Property

Starting your Research

Using library guides
starting an annotated bibliography

Three Short Textbook Reading Assignments:

Instructions for Project Three
Chapter 4 ("Yes/No/Okay, But") in They Say/I Say (51-63)
Chapters 3 ("Finding Arguments"), 8 ("Definition Arguments"), and 9 ("Causal Arguments") in Good Reasons (113-126, 137-144)

Three Short Articles:

Dobson's Gay Marriage: Why Would it Affect Me?
Bidstrup's Gay Marriage: The Arguments and the Motives
Essig & Owens' What if Marriage is Bad for Us?

Due:

response six

Oct 20

Defining (Gay) Marriage

First Thunderdome

Due: Response Seven

Oct 25

Reading Assignments:

Chapter 15 ("Presenting Arguments") in Good Reasons (238-245)
The University of Washington Medical School's page on Physician-Assisted Suicide
Chuck Colson's "From a Slippery Slope to an Avalanche"
Mary Shaw's "The Other Pro-Choice Movement"

Due:

Response 8