Most recent edit on 2005-09-18 14:43:25 by EschaTon
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- The paper should be 750-1000 words.
- Don't forget to bring in a paper copy for class on Monday.
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- Don't forget to do more research (but remember, "everybody lies"). I would like you to use one source not drawn from this wiki page as a source. We will talk, in class, about some strategies for deploying these.
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- Don't forget to do more research if you want to really impress me (but remember, "everybody lies")!
Edited on 2005-09-15 15:59:33 by EschaTon
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- Read Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter From Birmingham Jail∞" for Monday and for a better understanding of definitional argument (this essay is considered to be the best example of the form).
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- Also, read (or browse) the first part of "Understanding Comics" for a definition of "comics" (keep in mind, this definition is pretty controversial amongst the "comics" community (or maybe it's just that Scott McCloud can be a pedantic wind-bag)).
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http://www.qrz.com/uploads/post-7-71517-Monty_Python_Spanish_Inquisition.jpg∞
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http://www.venfl.com/features/images/hunt-inquisition.jpg∞
Edited on 2005-09-13 16:12:07 by EschaTon
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http://www.lynchposters.com/images/Quiz-Show.jpg∞
Edited on 2005-09-11 22:23:29 by EschaTon
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Assignments
One definition that Penn State has productively argued with itself about is diversity (making leaky definitions∞ work for you)What should be Penn State's defintion of Diversity? Compose a definitional argument about diversity in the University Park community. You may find these lovely statistics helpful∞. This data should also be useful, too∞.
Don't forget to do more research if you want to really impress me (but remember, "everybody lies")!
Draft is due 09/19 by 11 AM. Remember to engage the strongest counter arguments you can find to your position, and to treat them fairly. Your arguments will be stronger for it!
Also, read (or browse) the first part of "Understanding Comics" for a definition of "comics" (keep in mind, this definition is pretty controversial amongst the "comics" community (or maybe it's just that Scott McCloud can be a pedantic wind-bag)).
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One definition that Penn State has productively argued with itself about is diversity (making leaky definitions∞ work for you)What should be Penn State's defintion of Diversity? Compose a definitional argument about diversity in the University Park community. You may find these lovely statistics helpful∞. This data should also be useful, too∞.
Don't forget to do more research if you want to really impress me (but remember, "everybody lies")!
Draft is due 09/19 by 11 AM. Remember to engage the strongest counter arguments you can find to your position, and to treat them fairly. Your arguments will be stronger for it!
Edited on 2005-09-11 22:20:46 by EschaTon
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One definition that Penn State has productively argued with itself about is diversity (making leaky definitions∞ work for you)What should be Penn State's defintion of Diversity? Compose a definitional argument about diversity in the University Park community. You may find these lovely statistics helpful∞. This data should also be useful, too∞.
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One definition that Penn State has productively argued with itself about is diversity (making leaky definitions∞ work for you)What should be Penn State's defintion of Diversity? Compose a definitional argument about diversity in the University Park community. You may find these lovely statistics helpful∞.
This data should also be useful∞.
Edited on 2005-09-11 22:20:31 by EschaTon
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One definition that Penn State has productively argued with itself about is diversity (making leaky definitions∞ work for you)What should be Penn State's defintion of Diversity? Compose a definitional argument about diversity in the University Park community. You may find these lovely statistics helpful∞.
This data should also be useful∞.
Don't forget to do more research if you want to really impress me (but remember, "everybody lies")!
Draft is due 09/19 by 11 AM. Remember to engage the strongest counter arguments you can find to your position, and to treat them fairly. Your arguments will be stronger for it!
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One definition that Penn State has productively argued with itself about is diversity. [ definitional slide] for fun and profit - polysemy and capture; making leaky definitions∞ work for you. What should be Penn State's defintion of Diversity? Compose a definitional argument about
http://www.senate.psu.edu/record/record042704.htm#caandue∞
diversity∞. Draft is due 09/19 by 11 AM. Remember to engage the strongest counter arguments you can find to your position, and to treat them fairly. Your arguments will be stronger for it!
Edited on 2005-09-11 22:18:34 by EschaTon
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What should define your working group for the semester? Such a cluster should have at least three and no more than five members∞. You may, in time, form Mega Clusters if you summon a Mega Project, but for now try pitching a cluster to work with.
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What should define your working group for the semester? Such a cluster should have at least three and no more than five members∞. You may, in time, form MegaClusters if you summon a MegaProject, but for now try pitching a cluster to work with.
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http://www.lynchposters.com/images/Quiz-Show.jpg∞
A Reading Quiz will test your knowledge of your classmate's blogs for the past few weeks. If this quiz goes well, there will be no others.
Why you are reading: community and topic formation. Look for patterns that indicate a topic you would be interested in working on for a FinalProject. Look for clusters of topics and people for collaboration.
Narrative and Definition are both about what they leave out! ( premises∞ and gutters∞)
Understanding Comics∞
Definition∞
Addiction and its Discontents∞; prolepsis and alternative histories as counterargument∞
One or Several Definitions
What should define your working group for the semester? Such a cluster should have at least three and no more than five members∞. You may, in time, form MegaClusters if you summon a MegaProject, but for now try pitching a cluster to work with.
One definition that Penn State has productively argued with itself about is diversity. [ definitional slide] for fun and profit - polysemy and capture; making leaky definitions∞ work for you. What should be Penn State's defintion of Diversity? Compose a definitional argument about
http://www.senate.psu.edu/record/record042704.htm#caandue∞
diversity∞. Draft is due 09/19 by 11 AM. Remember to engage the strongest counter arguments you can find to your position, and to treat them fairly. Your arguments will be stronger for it!
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http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDCompare2/charade/charade-image5-time-1.09.41.jpg∞
Charade, pt. III
Who do you trust? Now that you guys have seen the entirety of the movie, what do you think? What happens at the end? Does Reggie find the truth? What about the rhetorical stances deployed by the various male characters? Why do we choose to believe the last of Cary Grant's stories?
To continue, if rhetors such as yourselves continually compose and respond to information that carries multiple meanings in ways that are sometimes difficult to control, we live in a culture that is often uncomfortable with this plenitude. The Bible, for example, is simultaneously deemed literally true∞ by a large percentage of the US population and available in at least 25 different versions online.∞ Discuss what it would mean for a document to be "literally true" and subject to divergent and even contradictory interpretations. Consider, for example, Jesus's use∞ and discussion of parable∞. Can parable be "literally true"?
What does it even mean to be "literally true"?
Assignments
- Continue your AIM conversations with your classmates as you begin to establish a FinalProject cluster
- Make sure to study hard for the Blog Quiz occuring on Monday
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Charade, pt. III
Who do you trust? Now that you guys have seen the entirety of the movie, what do you think? What happens at the end? Does Reggie find the truth? What about the rhetorical stances deployed by the various male characters? Why do we choose to believe the last of Cary Grant's stories?
To continue, if rhetors such as yourselves continually compose and respond to information that carries multiple meanings in ways that are sometimes difficult to control, we live in a culture that is often uncomfortable with this plenitude. The Bible, for example, is simultaneously deemed
literally true∞ by a large percentage of the US population and available in
at least 25 different versions online.∞ Discuss what it would mean for a document to be "literally true" and subject to divergent and even contradictory interpretations. Consider, for example, Jesus's
use∞ and
discussion of parable∞. Can parable be "literally true"?
What does it even mean to be "literally true"?
Assignments
- Continue your AIM conversations with your classmates as you begin to establish a FinalProject cluster
- Make sure to study hard for the Blog Quiz occuring on Monday
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