Author Archives: Dr. Hazel Elif Guler

Due by the class period on Monday, November 7th With the assignment guidelines in perspective, make a new posting in your blog presenting the outline as well as a purpose statement and a tentative thesis statement for your upcoming Conference … Continue reading →

Due by the class period on Monday, October 17th On Monday, October 17th, we’ll discuss Burke’s essay, “The Rhetoric of Hitler’s Battle” (191-220 in Philosophy of Literary Form).  Here are your blogging prompts on this essay: 1) At the beginning of … Continue reading →

Due by the class period on Wednesday, October 12th Rhetorical Triangle. Creative Commons Image posted on Flickr by Ted Major. For this posting, state your conference paper topic and include at least two sources you can use for your project (primary or … Continue reading →

Our class members did a great job with sharing their post-debate reflections at The Office of International Affairs First Thursdays Event, “An Effective Rhetoric for Global Peace and Understanding: Students’ Insights for Presidential Candidates,” on October 6, 2016. Some excerpts … Continue reading →

Our upcoming panel event has been scheduled for 4:00 p.m. on October 6th in Bedford 111 at Longwood University. Looking forward to it!   “An Effective Rhetoric for Global Peace and Understanding: Students’ Insights for the Presidential Candidates” This interactive session will promote … Continue reading →

Due by the class period on Wednesday, September 21 Reflections on Michael Dirda’s talk: Review this link before you complete this blog post: the Toulmin model of rhetoric. According the Toulmin model, a basic argument consist of the following: claim + support + warrant. … Continue reading →