That is what framing is about. Framing is about getting language that fits your worldview. It is not just language. The ideas are primary and the language carries those ideas, evokes those ideas.
Tag: rhetorical education
Writing as an imaginary conversation with your reader
It’s the end of #acwrimo!! Did you take part in Academic Writing Month this year? I certainly did. It was lockdown, so this year we made a big deal of it at ANU. Not to put too fine a point on it, I taught my ass off. You can see some of the workshops I…Writing … Continue reading Writing as an imaginary conversation with your reader
Am I Ever Going to Use This Stuff? Transfer and College Writing
Adam R. Pope is the current interim director of Composition at the University of Arkansas, where he also directs the Graduate Certificate in Technical Writing and Public Rhetorics. Adam PopeImage Credit: Adam Pope As a technical writer who also happens to currently be the director of Composition at an institution serving over 6,000 students annually in the…Am … Continue reading Am I Ever Going to Use This Stuff? Transfer and College Writing
Writing in the Presence of Others
By Jennifer Fletcher As a graduate student, I remember one of my advisors telling me that we’re all just adding our bricks to the wall. At the time, I couldn’t help hearing echoes of Pink Floyd, and I perhaps didn’t fully appreciate my advisor’s point about the collaborative nature of intellectual labor. After a couple … Continue reading Writing in the Presence of Others
Flipping Batman
Really interesting blog on flipping images to support analysis of meaning. https://jamesdurran.blog/2021/08/21/flipping-batman/Flipping Batman
Audience Created
The concept of audience is a key composition concept. I love the series of Lunsford & Ede articles on audience and have been known to teach them as an example of how a concept in the field keeps being revised and re-examined. I think it’s time to re-look at “audience” again. Lundsford & Ede’s concept … Continue reading Audience Created
Composition and the Irrational: Some Lacanian Concepts
Note: The picture above represents an internet meme called “Doge.” This is related to the LOL Cats meme, but Doge must feature a picture of a shiba inu dog (a Japanese dog, very active and smart, I have known one), several ungrammatical phrases, usually two words, starting with “very,” “so,” “much,” “many,” or “such,” rendered … Continue reading Composition and the Irrational: Some Lacanian Concepts
Reflections on Teaching Comp at the HBCU
I have my students read sections of the Tao Teh Ching and Art of War in my composition courses at Bowie State University. I consider it an introduction to two of the core classical texts that come from one of the oldest civilizations in the world that also happens to be…Reflections on … Continue reading Reflections on Teaching Comp at the HBCU
How to Online Conference
Normally this is the time of year when I’d re-up previous posts: How to Plan for ConferencesHow to SlideshowHow to Conference We’re in a new era, however, thus How to Online Conference: Triple-check your time zones Turn your microphone off Put some pants on (This is still fairly new to all of us, I would … Continue reading How to Online Conference
Improving writing by students annotating their own work
Annotated by the Author: Why Having Students Annotate Their Own Writing Is My New Favorite Writing Instruction ToolImproving writing by students annotating their own work
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