tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20341486476089671432024-03-13T07:29:48.953-04:00RPW 370W: Foundations of RhetoricNels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034148647608967143.post-70633293206347564272011-05-08T16:56:00.001-04:002011-05-08T17:00:10.080-04:00What My Students Learned This Semester<i>Taking inspiration from <a href="http://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/">Jo(e)</a>, I passed out index cards and asked my students to write down one thing they learned in class this semester. These are the anonymous responses I received in the order in which I received them.</i><br />
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I learned how to think more objectively when dealing with an issue or concept.<br />
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I learned that anyone can interpret theories and come to a conclusion whether it's love, pain, or rape.<br />
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What a Prezi is and how to do one. I hate PowerPoints and so I'm excited to use something else in the future.<br />
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I learned how powerful language can be. Sticks and stones can break your bones, but maybe words CAN hurt you.<br />
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I learned I hate classical rhetoric. Also, I learned and now love Prezi.<br />
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I learned that "rhetoric" (as almost all things, like pain or love) is undefinable and therefore extremely interesting to learn about.<br />
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Through observation, an example of an excellent, thoughtful, and flexible teacher who is adept at guiding students through difficult assignments in a way that allows them to achieve their highest level of success.<br />
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I learned that I'm going to really miss having you as an RPW teacher next year.<br />
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I learned that I might, perhaps, probably a good writer, and reading theorists and rhetoricians challenged me academically and as a writer.<br />
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I learned that visual rhetoric is <u>a lot</u> more fun than writing a paper (and potentially more effective).<br />
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The more explanation the better!<br />
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I learned that classical Greek rhetoric isn't boring to read (I liked it, especially Gorgias).<br />
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I learned that there are teachers out there that don't go by the book. There are great professors who like to have fun and dress in togas. And I learned much of ancient Greek sophists and Platonists, duh.<br />
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I learned how to form arguments and really support and develop them.<br />
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I learned so much about the technical side of my creative writing major. I feel like I can dig deeper and look at the persuassive aspects of my writing.<br />
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I had never even heard of the Sophists before I came to this class. It was great to focus on a much lesser known group and go in-depth with them. My philosophy class didn't even teach me about it. Classical rhetoric is probably my favorite unit.<br />
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</i>Nels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034148647608967143.post-67145960791151394212011-04-26T10:43:00.000-04:002011-04-26T10:43:30.408-04:00Action List for the Rest of the SemesterYour final Action List!<br />
<ul><li>On Thursday, April 28, class will again be an open-lab with time to work. Those who show up with get credit for DWA #24, though most of you do not need it.</li>
<li>On Tuesday, May 3, I need to have access to your Prezi by 10:50 AM. If it is public, email me a link to it. If it is private, invite me as an editor (though I will not edit anything of course). We'll look at these in class, and I cannot accept late Prezis for any reason.</li>
</ul>That's it!Nels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034148647608967143.post-33280735008187963342011-04-20T22:02:00.003-04:002011-04-21T10:55:17.649-04:00Action List for Tuesday, April 26, 2011<ul><li>Email any optional revisions to me by noon on Friday, April 22, 2011; remember that I will not take late revisions for any reason.</li>
<li>Decide on how you will approach the Visual Essay and start collecting photos and brainstorming text.</li>
<li>Remember that DWA #23 will take place during class; since I intend to keep most of class time open for you to do your own work, all who show up and hang around will get credit. </li>
</ul>Nels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034148647608967143.post-52917088586719540182011-04-20T20:12:00.001-04:002011-04-20T20:14:18.223-04:00In-Class Activity for Thursday, April 21, 2011At this point, the only three things I want to make sure you know how to do in Prezi are 1) how to create frames and group different items together, 2) how to create a path for presentation, and 3) how to invite me view your Prezi if you are keeping it private so that I can grade it. There are lots of other tricks you can do with Prezi, and you should feel free to try them. Just know that I am not expecting you to do any of the fancy stuff. If you can do the three things here and the things I listed <a href="http://rpw370whighberg.blogspot.com/2011/04/in-class-activity-for-tuesday-april-19.html">last time</a>, then you can do everything I expect you to do for this project.<br />
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One thing you may want to do is explore Prezis by other people. Even if they are on completely strange and bizarre topics, they might do something in such a way that inspires you or teaches you something.Nels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034148647608967143.post-80099380238996774512011-04-18T20:50:00.007-04:002011-04-18T20:50:00.862-04:00Action List for Thursday, April 21, 2011<ul><li>Read "Resisting Images" by Marianne Hirsch (PDF); this is our last reading of the semester!</li>
<li>Remember that DWA #22 will take place during class.</li>
<li>Continue revising Essays One and Two since revisions are due on Friday (no late revisions allowed, no exceptions).</li>
<li>Since we are not actually going to be reading <i>Presentation Zen</i>, you can <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=trdrt_hqp_tins?ie=UTF8&field-keywords=0321525655&url=search-alias%3Dtextbooks-tradein&pf_rd_p=1287715482&pf_rd_s=hero-quick-promo&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0321525655&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=15WRNM1R94DZWAYJJQWG">trade it in on Amazon.com</a> (whether you bought it there or not). Again, I apologize for any inconvenience, and I do think everyone should read this book, but it just doesn't fit as well as I expected back in January, and I think this is better in the long run for you.</li>
<li>Watch the second help video from Prezi's learning center.</li>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6dTfjd3sZx8" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>Nels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034148647608967143.post-42146560035703973112011-04-18T15:50:00.000-04:002011-04-18T15:50:05.887-04:00In-Class Activity for Tuesday, April 19, 2011By now, everyone should have watched the first video on Prezi's learning page (and linked to in the last Action List). By the end of class today, you need to make sure you know how to do the following things:<br />
<ol><li>How to create a new Prezi.</li>
<li>How to give your new Prezi a title.</li>
<li>How to give your new Prezi a description.</li>
<li>How to add text.</li>
<li>How to delete text.</li>
<li>How to edit text.</li>
<li>How to insert an image. </li>
<li>How to move text and images.</li>
<li>How to change the size of text and images.</li>
<li>How to move text and images.</li>
<li>How to move around the Prezi canvas.</li>
<li>How to make your Prezi private or public.</li>
</ol>If you can do these things, then you are right on track to knowing what you need to know to create the Visual Essay. I am always happy to answer questions, but this is also a chance for you to learn how to find answers on your own by using Prezi's help pages and ordinary Google searches. This is an opportunity for you to impress yourself with how much you can learn about something new!Nels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034148647608967143.post-31313370380335353942011-04-14T15:17:00.002-04:002011-04-18T14:30:35.066-04:00Action List for Tuesday, April 19, 2011<ul><li>Read "In Our Glory: Photography in Black Life" by bell hooks (PDF).</li>
<li>Remember that DWA #21 will take place during class.</li>
<li>Sign up for <a href="http://prezi.com/">a Prezi account</a> (remember that using your EDU address means getting more features for free) and watch their first video on how to use it; you may also wish to play around on an empty Prezi space.</li>
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<ul></ul><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4o5LtFpaAu8" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>Nels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034148647608967143.post-11354855475037660132011-04-11T20:56:00.001-04:002011-04-11T20:56:55.424-04:00Action List for Thursday, April 14, 2011Finish Ariella Azoulay's "Has Anyone Ever Seen a Photograph of a Rape?" (pgs. 217-241). Again, if you do not feel you can read this essay, I understand and will not force anyone to talk about this essay. Our activities will be anonymous and/or broader than they have been in the past. Everyone who shows up to class will receive full credit for DWA #20. You may also want to explore <a href="http://prezi.com/">Prezi</a> and see what it's all about.Nels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034148647608967143.post-79763968115696230202011-04-06T22:56:00.000-04:002011-04-06T22:56:34.999-04:00Action List for Tuesday, April 12, 2011Read Ariella Azoulay's "Has Anyone Ever Seen a Photograph of a Rape?" (pgs. 217-241). As you can obviously tell from the title, this is an essay about an intense topic, and it does contain a few images that are truly disturbing. I understand that. If you do not feel you can read this essay, I understand and will not force anyone to talk about this essay. Our activities will be anonymous and/or broader than they have been in the past. Everyone who shows up to class will receive full credit for DWA #19. We will read the rest of the essay for Thursday, and DWA #20 will also be given to everyone who shows up.Nels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034148647608967143.post-36222808584737173522011-04-05T19:57:00.001-04:002011-04-05T20:01:47.190-04:00Guidelines for RevisionsAs you know, you are allowed to revise Essay One and Essay Two. All you need to do is revise your essay and send me a clean copy (one without my comments). Attach it to an email and send it. When I grade revisions, I use the Compare Documents function of Word. I pull up your revised version and then compare it to your old one. Word shows me what exactly you did and did not change. If you wish to see your grade rise, you should do more than just treat my comments like a checklist. You should revise the entire essay and make it better from start to finish.<br />
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I do not comment on revised essays but will email you back with your grade and a brief description of why you received it. The grade on the revision replaces your original grade. If, for some reason, the grade on the revision is lower than your original grade, you will earn the highest of the two grades. You are only allowed to revise each essay once. If you send your revision to me early and do not like the grade you receive, you will not be able to revise again.<br />
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Revisions of both essays are due by noon on Friday, April 22, 2011. I will not accept late revisions for any reason. We all need to move on to other projects, so this deadline is final. You can revise and send each essay to me separately or together as long as I get everything by the final deadline.Nels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034148647608967143.post-80416072972629462182011-04-04T22:14:00.002-04:002011-04-04T22:14:33.194-04:00Action List for Thursday, April 7, 2011<ul><li>Read <i>The Abu Ghraib Effect</i> by Stephen F. Eisenman (pgs. 60 to 122).</li>
<li>Remember that DWA #18 will take place during class.</li>
<li>Decide if you are going to reivise Essay One and start making plans for revision. </li>
</ul>Nels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034148647608967143.post-4082944686510480372011-03-31T15:22:00.000-04:002011-03-31T15:22:03.161-04:00Action List for Tuesday, April 5, 2011<ul><li>Email Essay Two to me anytime after 12:00 PM on Thursday, March 31, 2011, and 12:00 PM on Friday, April 1; after that, my late policy applies.</li>
<li>Read <i>The Abu Ghraib Effect </i>(pgs 7-59).</li>
<li>Remember that DWA #17 will take place during class.</li>
</ul>Nels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034148647608967143.post-18221424342517143902011-03-28T21:08:00.000-04:002011-03-28T21:08:58.120-04:00Action List for Thursday, March 31, 2011<ul><li>Email any drafts of anything that we can go over in class to me by 6:00 PM on Wednesday, March 30; as in the past, we will go over them anonymously.</li>
<li>Draft Essay Two. </li>
</ul>Nels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034148647608967143.post-5358318082846531232011-03-23T19:20:00.001-04:002011-03-23T19:20:34.788-04:00Action List for Tuesday, March 29, 2011<ul><li>Review the website for your representative and start thinking about what kind(s) of rhetorical theories you see in action there.</li>
<li>Review my essay (on Blackboard under "Readings") if you want to see an example of this kind of analysis in action. </li>
</ul>Nels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034148647608967143.post-55242884542968288642011-03-21T21:51:00.001-04:002011-03-21T22:12:25.940-04:00Action List for Thursday, March 24, 2011<ul><li>Read <i>Rereading the Sophists: Classical Rhetoric Refigured</i> by Susan C. Jarratt (pgs. 62 to 117).</li>
<li>Remember that DWA #14 will be held during class. </li>
</ul>Nels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034148647608967143.post-76133055898589042212011-03-09T20:46:00.000-05:002011-03-09T20:46:54.157-05:00Action List for Tuesday, March 22, 2011Ah, Spring Break is upon us! We have finished eight weeks of the semester. When we return, we will have just over six weeks left. So, get some sleep and rest up for the final push.<br />
<ul><li> Read <i>Rereading the Sophists: Classical Rhetoric Refigured</i> by Susan C. Jarratt (pgs. xv to 61). You may wish to read the entire book because we will discuss the last half of the book the following Thursday.</li>
<li>Remember that DWA #13 will take place during class.</li>
</ul>Nels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034148647608967143.post-10715875734851951792011-03-09T19:48:00.000-05:002011-03-09T20:51:29.612-05:00Class Links for Thursday, March 10, 2011In the last unit, we used Nancy Gibbs as our test case in the last unit. For this unit, I think we will use Congressman <a href="http://paul.house.gov/">Ron Paul</a> for no reason other than 1) he is the representative for the district where I grew up and 2) no one in class will be writing about him.Nels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034148647608967143.post-43972506393575749872011-03-07T21:59:00.002-05:002011-03-07T21:59:14.594-05:00Action List for Thursday, March 10, 2011<ul><li>Read <i>The Greek Sophists</i> (pgs. 43 to 97).</li>
<li>Remember that DWA #11 will take place during class (and DWA #12 is a freebie for everyone because of the snow days). </li>
</ul>Nels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034148647608967143.post-64477353755300170982011-03-03T10:27:00.003-05:002011-03-03T10:41:23.072-05:00Action List for Tuesday, March 8, 2011I will not hold office hours on Friday, March 9, 2011, because of the basketball tournament on campus and parking headaches. Please email any questions or concerns you have to me. <br />
<ul><li>Read <i>The Greek Sophists</i> (pgs. vi to 42). As you read, look for examples of where Protagoras is giving examples of <i>nomos</i>, where the Sophists question the idea of absolute truth and/or show how truth can vary depending upon context.</li>
<li>Remember that DWA #10 will take place during class. </li>
</ul>Nels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034148647608967143.post-53595627661858189552011-02-28T20:53:00.002-05:002011-02-28T20:53:56.788-05:00Action List for Thursday, March 3, 2011<ul><li>Read Plato's <i>Phaedrus</i> (feel free to use the Discussion Guide on Blackboard to help you work through the reading).</li>
<li>Remember that DWA #9 will take place during class. </li>
</ul>Nels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034148647608967143.post-45272042481308897062011-02-28T17:33:00.002-05:002011-02-28T17:33:29.166-05:00Introduction to Classical Rhetoric<div class="prezi-player"><style media="screen" type="text/css">
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<div class="prezi-player-links"><a href="http://prezi.com/ocro3pvqxfsx/introduction-to-classical-rhetoric/" title="For my Foundations of Rhetoric course at the University of Hartford for Spring 2011, covering the major figures, themes, and questions we will discuss.">Introduction to Classical Rhetoric</a> on <a href="http://prezi.com/">Prezi</a></div></div>Nels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034148647608967143.post-15592510329848523972011-02-26T21:55:00.000-05:002011-02-26T21:55:22.313-05:00Citation Information for Foucault's "What is an Author?"I forgot that this is the one essay I already found scanned online. So, use the citation information listed for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Language-Counter-Memory-Practice-Foucault/dp/0801492041/thkiinthdaca-20">this book</a>. And Cornell University Press is located in Ithaca, NY.Nels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034148647608967143.post-42259611103035993842011-02-23T22:22:00.002-05:002011-02-24T11:09:07.891-05:00Action List for Tuesday, March 1, 2011<ul><li>Email Essay One to me anytime between 12:15 PM on Thursday, February 24, and 6:00 PM on Monday, February 28. Email any questions to me by 6:00 PM on Sunday as I will not be online after that point.</li>
<li>Start reading Plato's <i>Phaedrus</i> (we will discuss it on Thursday, March 3). I especially recommend reading the introduction for Tuesday. </li>
</ul>Nels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034148647608967143.post-3243614629976985802011-02-23T18:36:00.001-05:002011-02-23T18:36:40.011-05:00Sample Paragraphs and Thesis Statement for Essay OneI have uploaded the sample paragraphs I went over in class yesterday and added a sample thesis statement. They are on Blackboard under "Discussion Guides."Nels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034148647608967143.post-19957841115947046912011-02-21T20:40:00.002-05:002011-02-21T20:41:13.677-05:00Action List for Thursday, February 24, 2011<ul><li>Begin drafting your essay. </li>
<li>Email any draft thesis statements, paragraphs or pages to me by 6:00 PM on Wednesday, February 23, if you would like to allow us to review them anonymously in class. </li>
<li>Remember that DWA #8 will take place during class. </li>
</ul>Nels P. Highberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998283755242261031noreply@blogger.com0