Category Archives: Rhetoric

Due by 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 6th For this blogging assignment, write a reflection about your experience in ENGL 305 – Rhetoric and Public Culture: Presidential Debates in a Global Theater. Reflective writing enables one to gain a better understanding … Continue reading →

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 →

Due by the class period on Friday, September 9 On Friday, we’ll start considering historical examples of discourses on various public issues in various global contexts. We’ll also consider your selections in relation to the texts we have reconsidered this week … Continue reading →

Due by the class period on Friday, September 2 For our meeting on Friday, create a new post in your own Course Blog which presents your own example of discourses from the presidential race (in the form of a speech or another … Continue reading →

On Wednesday, August 31, we will consider another speech from the different sides of the 2016 US presidential race. This time, we’ll look at the rhetoric of Paul Ryan’s RNC speech through the lens of narrative criticism. Watch the speech, … Continue reading →