A Meta-analysis of Studies of Contrastive Rhetoric in Iran Z. Jalali‚ N Fallah‚ Supervisor: A. Zare-ee Abstract The present work briefly summarizes the history of research in the area of contrastive rhetoric. It then summarizes the work in the area of contrastive rhetoric done in Iran. The paper points to the fact that in Iran contrastive rhetoric studies have focused on a) linguistic and rhetorical patterns as reflected in L1 and L2 writings of learners‚ b) discovering writing behaviors‚ c)
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Rhetorical Analysis If Technology is Making Us Stupid‚ It’s Not Technology’s Fault In his article “If Technology Is Making Us Stupid‚ It’s Not Technology’s Fault‚” David Theo Goldberg effectively informs the reader about the effects that computers in the home and school environment could have on the future education of the coming generations. Goldberg achieves this by executing defined organization and adding unique comparisons about the potentially crippling effects technology can have on a
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Gian Carlo V. Garcellano BSCE-2A What is a paragraph? A paragraph is a group of sentences that are all about one specific idea. It should begin with a topic sentence‚ that is‚ a sentence which addresses the subject of the paragraph. The other sentences in the paragraph should supply information that helps to explain the topic. How long should a paragraph be? There is no set length for a paragraph‚ but‚ generally‚ three full sentences
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In the article Rhetoric as a Course of Study‚ Fleming examines the simultaneous rise of rhetorical theory and continued decline of rhetorical education‚ and he proposes ways that this situation might be changed. He speaks about the importance of knowing the rhetoric and how it should be more common in education‚ however recently rhetoric has become something greatly used in politics and less often in common language. “What would a contemporary rhetorical education look like? It would have a curricular
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Frankenstein and Nelson Essay Adam Vienneau Victor Frankenstein and Ernest V. Nelson are two men with similar goals. Victor Frankenstein’s main goal was to create a human being‚ out of dead body parts‚ that would live for very long and be free of diseases. He wanted to make a perfect human. Ernest V. Nelson on the other hand‚ cut cadavers and sold them to medical research companies. The main reason he did this was to raise money for lupus research because his daughter suffered from this disease
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Have you heard of Bull Nelson? He was an important Civil War general for the Union. He helped to keep the states together. He was involved in many important events and an important part of them. Bull Nelson was born in Maysville‚ KY. On September 27‚ 1824. He Was the third child and youngest son of Dr. Thomas W. Nelson. His family was seen as an important one‚ by its friends and neighbors. Nelson was enrolled in the Collegiate Department of Captain Partridge’s military school at the age of 13.
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Vanessa Hernandez Ms. Nguyen English 1302 March 2‚ 2015 Visual Analysis This advertisement shows a gun on the left and a cell phone on the right covered in blood. There is not a lot going in this advertisement‚ but the few things that it has are powerful and don’t require a lot of explaining. Above the objects are two words‚ which say‚ “Russian Roulette” and on the bottom is a small paragraph of how texting and driving can kill and the consequences of doing so. This advertisement shows the negative
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I feel like I gained so much from attending Dr. Jack Nelson Pallmeyer’s talk and I came out of it feeling both inspired and angry at the same time. The main point of this talk was about the major inequalities that the US is facing and what can be done about it. Dr. Nelson Pallmeyer started by giving us a brief look into his past and what lead him to pursuing a career in Justice and Peace Studies. After talking about his experiences‚ Dr. Nelson Pallmeyer went into what is wrong with America. Now this
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structure of the news programs due to technology. The famous writer Joyce Nelson suggests how the news program’s craving for the up-to-the-minute coverage and being present at every important events led to this technological revolution. In her article “TV News: A structure of Reassurance‚” Nelson analyses the idea of “presentness” which was widely being adopted by the news programs back then‚ to be authentic or not. Nelson reveals how the news programs have succeeded in creating the illusion of presentness
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For my topic my contemporary rhetoric research paper on the song “Beautiful” by Christina Aguilera. I chose to write about this song because this is a classic pop song that everyone knows that we can still relate to‚ or for others around us. I’ve noticed that everyone is so quick to jump in love and no one love their self-first. As I listened to this song‚ I was able to find many examples of pathos. The audience that I would like to connect to is our generation that is suffering from everyday struggles
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