Chapter Links and Assignments

Each chapter link connects you to overviews on the A & B web site.  Chapter 7 and 8 have internet activities.  A & B Chapters 18, 22, & 23 contain additional links.

Chapter 1: Posing Problems (writing problem essay) Chapter 2: Pursuing Problems (believing and doubting game) Chapter 3: Solving Content Problems (writing a paragraph) Chapter 4: Solving Rhetorical Problems (revising and imitating)

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Rhetoric:
An on-line classical rhetoric guide

Dilemmas:
6 Dilemmas of the Moderate Islamist

Dilemma Database!

Noam Chompsky "Dominance and its Dilemmas"

Iraquification Dilemmas

"Courage in the Classroom," an article dealing with the problems WE all face in class...

David Rockwood:
Windmill Farm Tour

Thomas Merton:
The Thomas Merton Center


Fallacies
Stephen's Guide To Logical Fallacies

The Nikor Project: Fallacies

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Peter Elbow:
The Lawyer as Writer: Notes on Writing

Believing and Doubting Topics:

Drugs and Neglect
Hate Speech
Gay Marriage
Welfare Moms

 

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Paragraph Tips from the Writing Den

Bad Paragraph, Good Paragraph from IVCC

Examples:

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Compare rhetorical strategies (PAGS, or see p. 65) in these magazines and journals:
Reader's Digest
Rolling Stone
Sports Illustrated
Cosmopolitan
Vogue
Details
Conservation Ecology Journal
The Onion (uncensored)
Ubuweb (literary; uncensored)
Bright Lights Film Journal
Washburn Law Journal

Rhetoric:
Rhetoric Resources
Rhetoric in Psychology
Rhetorical Vocabulary

Chapter 5: Seeing Rhetorically (writing descriptions) Chapter 6: Reading Rhetorically (writing a strong reading response) Chapter 7: Writing an Autobiographical Narrative (see ch. 19) Chapter 8: Writing an Exploratory Research Essay (see ch. 22)

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Journals: Stanley and Mojimba
Stanley and Livingstone (National Geographic)
Stanley and Livingstone
Twisted Point of View (different opinions?)

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Links for Richard Lynn:
A Review by Lynn
National Review

Links for Victoria Register-Freeman:
Newsweek
Feminism.Com
Academic's view of Mormons and Feminism

Links for Edward Abbey:
Edward Abbey
High Country News
Sierra Club
www.DRAINIT.org 

Links for Patricia J. Williams:
Patricia Williams
Seeing a Color-Blind Future
Cornell Law Review

Surface Errors

FAQ

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Bill Russell:
The Greatest NBA Players

William Least Heat-Moon:
An Interview
Review of Blue Highways

Sheila Madden:
Bereavement Resources

 

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Jane Tompkins:
A book review by Tompkins
"Indians" essay on-line
Native American Resources (links)

Chapter 17: Writing as  Process (and peer review) Chapter 18: Closed-Form Prose (see ch. 6 & 8) Chapter 19: Open-Form Prose (see ch. 7) Chapter 20: Working in Groups
   

Annie Dillard:
A Review of 3 Works
Creative Quotations
A Review from The Finger
An Interview (1982)

 
 
Chapter 21: Finding Sources Chapter 22: Using and Citing Sources Chapter 23: Electronic Writing and Research Chapter 25: Writing a Reflexive Self-Evaluation
 

Research Links:
Quick and Dirty Research...
Montecino's Search Engine Page

Documentation Links:
www.MLA.org style
MLA for On-Line Sources...

   

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