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100 1 _aLosh, Elizabeth
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245 1 0 _aUnderstanding rhetoric: a graphic guide to writing. /
_cElizabeth Losh ...[et. al]
264 1 _aBoston:
_bBedford/St. Martin's,
_c2014.
300 _ax, 291 p. :
_billustrations (some color) ;
_c24 cm
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336 _astill image
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337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aContents: Spaces for writing: Discovering contexts for writing -- Going boldly through writing processes -- Exploring visual literacy -- Reframe : why rhetoric? why a comic book? -- Why rhetoric?: Piecing together a definition of rhetoric -- Reanimating ancient views of rhetoric -- Setting rhetorical concepts loose on the world -- Reframe : what does Aristotle have to do with me? -- Strategic reading: Investigating texts and analyzing meaning -- Putting the pieces together with synthesis -- Using reading strategies -- Imagining ideal readers -- Reframe: how do I read this? -- Writing identities: Leaping into identities in writing -- Trying out choices for different audiences -- Revealing the performer within the text -- Reframe: what's my identity? -- Argument beyond pro and con: Spotlighting strategies for argument -- Setting the scene for arguable assertions -- Zooming in on claims and evidence -- Focusing on effective organization -- Reframe: the office hour! -- Research: more than detective work: Keeping the story straight -- Tracking down sources -- Deciding which sources to trust -- Making sources talk: summary, paraphrase, quotation -- Coming clean with citation -- Reframe: get a clue! -- Rethinking revision: Looking beyond the red ink -- Reviewing rhetorically -- Seeing through others' eyes -- Revising radically -- Reframe: am I missing something? -- Going public: Launching into the future of genres -- Navigating among media -- Entering the final frontier with publication -- Reframe: how does this look?--
520 _aThis comics-style collaboration between rhetoricians Elizabeth Losh and Jonathan Alexander and illustrator team Big Time Attic presents the content of the composition course in a form designed to draw students in. Understanding Rhetoric: A Graphic Guide to Writing covers what first-year college writers need to know - the writing process, critical analysis, argument, research, revision, and presentation - in a visual format that brings rhetorical concepts to life through examples ranging from Aristotle to YouTube.
650 0 _aEnglish language
_xRhetoric
_vComic books, strips, etc.
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650 0 _aRhetoric
_vComic books, strips, etc.
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655 0 _aGraphic novels.
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856 4 2 _3Student site
_uhttp://bedfordstmartins.com/understandingrhetoric
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