Chapters 1-3 RCL_custom_text_2013_chapters_1-3
The Black Bruins (Spoken Word)
John Oliver on voting in Guam and Puerto Rico
Civic Artifact Speech
Questions to Ask of Civic Artifacts
Rhetorical Analysis Essay
Texts to use for rhetorical analysis:
- President Obama’s statement after the Orlando shootings
- Doritos ad
- Hyundai Super Bowl ad (creeper dad)
- New Ark Mission of India (donate your clothes)
- Willem Dafoe/Marilyn Monroe Snickers ad (should we think about transphobia?)
Thinking about “feel good” disability rhetoric:
- Guinness ad
- “Just One of The Guys: A Critique of the Wheelchair Basketball Guinness Commercial” by Emily Ladau
- Nike ad
Analytical Sentence Guidelines
Rhetorical_Strategies_and_Organization
Rhetorical Appeals: (some of) The Available Means of Persuasion
Student Rhetorical Analysis Essays:
- Sample Paper: Nike’s Real Beauty (ad campaign here–click on each image to enlarge)
- Sample Paper: Plastic Bags Kill
- Sample Paper: Chipotle’s Sustainable Living Option
Paradigm Shift Essay and TED Talk
The Structure of a Paradigm Shift Paper
100 Years of Style/ East London
Student Paradigm Shift Papers:
Ken Robinson-TED Changing Education Paradigms
Example of residual ideology: Dodge Super Bowl ad
In Heroin Crisis, White Families Seek Gentler War on Drugs– Katharine Q. Seelye
The Rise of the NBA Nerd: Basketball Style and Black Identity -Wesley Morris
A terrific breakdown of common writing style problems (and how to fix them) by the Writing Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material free of charge. The site is easy to navigate and has useful information from grammar usage to writing style tips to (my favorite) citation information in APA, MLA, and Chicago format.
History of a Public Controversy
Conducting and Filming Interviews (power point)
Kerry James Marshall video questions
How Media Images Reinforce Frames
Between Barak and a Hard Place
Racial Justice Framing Worksheet
Talking Race to the Media by Hunter Cutting
What’s your perspective?: Famous Landmarks Photographed From the “Wrong” Direction