English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- Social aspects
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
A balance of power : critical rhetoric, education, and democracy, 2008
Item — Call number MU Thesis Ang
Identifier: b2233146
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate English program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.Students become eligible to pursue the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree if they have obtained a Master of Arts...
Dates:
2008
A rethinking of the Burkean parlor in the post-truth classroom, 2019
Item — Call number MU Thesis Rad
Identifier: b7930092
Introduction [excerpt]
The current study contributes to some of the earliest empirical work done on post-truth rhetoric by investigating the connection between post-truth rhetoric, the Burkean Parlor metaphor, and student source integration. How do first-year composition students understand source integration? Do first-year composition students' integration of sources provide evidence that they have been impacted by post-truth rhetoric? Are first-year composition students "entering the conversation?"...
Dates:
2019
Emotions, discomfort, and ethical responsivity : taking the risk to care, 2020
Item — Call number MU Thesis Hla
Identifier: b7930285
Introduction [excerpt]
Drawing on my experiences as a secondary educatator, my research into the affective turn in composition theory--and intending to participate in and contribute to recent conversations among scholars in the field about how to respond to the emergence of post-truth--I propose in my thesis a new paradigm for composition educators to embrace in addressing the challenges that the Rhetoric Society of America, Writing Program Administration, and scholars such as [Bruce] McComiskey, [Ellen C.]...
Dates:
2020
(Ir)responsible rhetoric : Ron Unz and English for children, 2013
Item — Call number MU Thesis Sch
Identifier: b5596279
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate English program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.Students become eligible to pursue the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree if they have obtained a Master of Arts...
Dates:
2013
Tentative language use in the classroom : who and why, the effects, the influence of gender, and why educators need to care, 2018
Item — Call number MU Thesis Bas
Identifier: b7876905
Introduction
Tentative language is characterized by language that contains hedges ("kind of"), hesitations ("um"), intensifiers ("certainly"), tag questions ("give me the remote, won't you"), and deicitic phrases ("over there"). This type of language is often perceived as being unsure of one's self and as lacking control when communicated in both written and spoken form. It allows the communicator to avoid commitment to a statement. The majority of...
Dates:
2018