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The rhetorical techniques of Will Rogers /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1964)
Are we speaking the same language: Exploring meaning construction in a first-year composition classroom.
(1997)
Data revealed that disjunctions occurred between the teacher's intentions for making the assignments and the students interpretations of the assignments on some level with all three essays. Data analysis also indicated ...
A genre of survivance: narrative criticism of boarding school stories
(2020-05-08)
Using narrative rhetorical analysis, this thesis examines two popular American Indian autobiographies to analyze the rhetorical impact. By applying Frye's genre theory, I argue that American Indians surpass genre conventions ...
Gumbo Banaha Stories: Louisiana Indigeneities and the Transnational South
(2014-05-09)
Abstract
Post devastation of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Louisiana has again become a popular exoticized presence in the American entertainment machine. As a result, scholarly studies have renewed interest in the historic ...
Emerging voices of undergraduate writers: A study of the phenomenon of writing changes during the college years.
(2007)
College faculty can support the growth of undergraduate writers by establishing a learning community focused on learning as motivation. Conferences that provide specific, concrete suggestions, as well as leading questions, ...
The life and work of Gretel Karplus/Adorno: Her contributions to Frankfurt School theory.
(2004)
This dissertation uses the insights of contemporary rhetorical theory and feminist biography to acknowledge the contributions of Gretel Karplus/Adorno to the productivity of her husband, Theodor W. Adorno, of her dear ...
Red Scare rhetoric and composition: Early Cold War effects on university writing instruction, 1934--1954.
(2004)
This dissertation investigates composition and communication philosophies and practices from the years 1934--1954. Generally speaking, writing instruction suffered during the Cold War because the political climate reduced ...
Teaching what we know: Perspectives on the teaching practices and writing habits of freshman composition instructors.
(1998)
I found that each participant defined the word "writer" in a different way. They also established individual criteria for whether they were writers; for example, the participant who wrote prolifically did not consider ...
A rhetorical analysis of "The Contract with America".
(1997)
The Contract with America (CWA) was rhetorically analyzed to answer the question of how Ludwig Wittgenstein, Aristotle, and Jean Gebser might have reacted to the document based on their philosophies. Wittgenstein's language ...
Disability and College Composition: Investigating Access, Identity, and Rhetorics of Ableism
(2014-05-09)
This dissertation analyzes the accessibility and accommodation experiences of students with disabilities in college writing classrooms at a Midwestern public research university. The study argues that writing teachers need ...