Category Archives: Professor Post

Agenda FRI SEP 11, 2015

Posted on September 11, 2015 by davidbdale

Brief Reminiscence 9/11 Introduction to Course Outline Page Portfolio Post Visual Rhetoric Demonstration Thai Life Insurance Visual Rhetoric Assignment Domestic Violence is Your Business

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A02: Visual Rhetoric Argument

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Visual Rhetoric—Thai Insurance Ad

Posted on September 11, 2015 by davidbdale

Say What You’ve Seen Before You Say What You Know When I ask you to analyze a visual argument from film or video, imagine you are describing the images to a reader who can’t see what you’re describing. You may … Continue reading →

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A16: Portfolio Assignment

Posted on September 11, 2015 by davidbdale

Contents The Portfolio contains the following: 3000-word Research Position Paper Annotated Bibliography, 10-15 Sources Visual Rhetoric Rewrite Self-Reflective Statement Two of the following: Definition Argument Rewrite Causal Argument Rewrite Rebuttal Argument Rewrite Deadline WED DEC 04 before class. All 6 items … Continue reading →

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Agenda WED SEP 09, 2015

Posted on September 9, 2015 by davidbdale

Housekeeping (Categories, feedback please) Posting to the Blog Grade Levels Grade Levels II Exercise: Bloated Paragraphs

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E01: Bloated Paragraphs

Posted on September 9, 2015 by davidbdale

Convert the bloated paragraphs into idea-rich, logically complex sentences. Begin the exercise in class, finish on your own time, publish your results below as numbered Replies. Some paragraphs will resist reduction to a single sentence because they wander among too … Continue reading →

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Grade Levels II

Posted on September 9, 2015 by davidbdale

I wrote two sentences recently that contain a paragraph of material each. They’re not perfect sentences, but their advantages over the paragraphs they represent make them fit models of writing that earns better grades. The magazine Mother Jones publishes a … Continue reading →

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Grade Levels

Posted on September 9, 2015 by davidbdale

Grade Levels for Learners …………… I won’t always be able to tell you why your essays don’t quite achieve the grades you want. Even after you respond well to feedback and make your essay grammatically correct, provide good sources, and … Continue reading →

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Signing up for the Blog

Posted on September 4, 2015 by teddysdoggydaddy

To post your work for class, you’ll need to be an Author at the Counterintuitive Fall 2015 blog, and to accomplish that, you’ll need a WordPress username. Step 1. Navigate to wordpress.com/start/account/user. You’ll be presented with a form like this … Continue reading →

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A01: Stone Money

Posted on September 3, 2015 by davidbdale

A Counterintuitive Assignment: Stone Money Before you begin writing your first post, read skyblue’s draft from last semester, and my feedback to her post. Before class WED SEP 09, post a reflective response to the story of money on the … Continue reading →

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