Category Archives: rhetoric

ENG 319 7.T: Shitty First Drafts

Today’s Plan: Quick Write: Define Rhetoric On the Importance of Shitty First Drafts Paper Draft Review For Next Class Quick Write: Define Rhetoric On the first day of class, I asked y’all to write a definition of rhetoric. Let’s try … Continue reading

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ENG 201 5.F: Katz’s “Ethic of Expediency”

Today’s Plan: Discuss Katz Homework Katz’s “Ethic of Expediency” I asked four questions: What problem does Katz believe the memo exemplifies? Duh, the answer is expediency, but what does that term mean for Katz? What other terms/ideas/forces are operating with/through … Continue reading

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ENG 225 1.F: Ethical Gaming / Gaming Journals

Today’s Plan: Sicart discussion Gaming Journals Homework Sicart Discussion Our first task today is to discuss the Sicart (2013)reading. I want to open our discussion with Sicart’s three elements of moral-ethical gameplay: Because games are objects that are designed for … Continue reading

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ENG 225 1.W: Introduction to Ethics

Today’s Plan: Office Hours Introduction to Ethics / Project One Setting Up a Google Doc Homework Introduction to Ethics Today I want to give some sense of what constitutes ethics. I’ll start by attempting to differentiate ethics from morals. Both … Continue reading

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ENG 122 11.W: Corder, Argument, and Listening as Love

Today’s Plan: Corder Homework Corder Before we get started, I want you to think about the last time times you really disagreed with someone on anything significant. Any level of significance. Not like “where should we eat dinner.” But something … Continue reading

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ENG 201 3.T: What is Rhetoric?

Today’s Plan: Review Project One: Answer Questions Discuss Herrick: Survey Your Questions Homework Project One Questions Your questions. My answers. Dowe pick all one job category type (like 15-20 TW/E jobs) or do we try to pick 15-20 that look … Continue reading

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ENG 420 7.1: Nathan’s My Freshman Year

Today’s Plan: Paper Feedback Nathan Homework: Thelin reading Paper Feedback Philosophy and Rhetoric: Plato believed that obtaining justice for one’s self was all-important, and the only way to achieve that justice was through knowledge. True, unbiased, non-persuasive knowledge in specific. … Continue reading

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ENG 420 5.1: Freire, Nicholson, Lorde

Today’s Plan: Review Paper Expectations Discuss Freire, Nicholson, and Lorde Review Paper Expectations Last week I went over the nuts and bolts. This paper is due next Tuesday at noon. Someone asked if this paper is similar to writing a … Continue reading

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ENG 123: From Exploration to Proposal

Today’s Plan: Attendance Topic Proposal Paper Working Knowledge Presentations Homework

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ENG 420: 4.2 Dewey, Pragmatism, Gatto, and The Paper

Today’s Plan: Outline expectations/constraints for the upcoming paper Discuss: Dewey Read: Gatto What is Education? Here is the original description on the website: At the conclusion of the historic stage of readings, I will ask you to compose a 1000 … Continue reading

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