rhetorical situation

Teaching Critical AI Literacy through Popular Natural Science Articles

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Chad Lewis and Jackson W. Martin Assignments & Activities Archive Assignment Description The writing classroom is an opportune space to teach students how to critically think about generative AI (GenAI) outputs and their limitations. This assignment asks students to compare the rhetorical situations of scholarly research articles in the natural sciences with their popular science […]

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Developing Details: Embodied Writing Activity

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Alexandra Chakov Assignments & Activities Archive Activity Description The purpose of this activity is to have students explore the ways their body is part of their writing process. Writing is not just a mental activity—it also involves the body. The body types out words or commands speech-to-text; the body feels anxiety as deadlines approach and

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What Is Rhetoric? A “Choose Your Own Adventure” Primer

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William Duffy Volume 5 Chapter Description Providing an introduction to rhetoric is a foundational component of most first-year writing courses.1 Discussion of rhetorical appeals, for example, is standard fair in these contexts, as are activities that ask students to develop an appreciation for rhetorical situations, audiences, purposes, and even more nuanced concepts such as kairos

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Public Writing for Social Change

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Ashley J. Holmes Volume 4 Chapter Description This essay challenges students to use public writing to embrace their role as an “academic citizen” (i.e., someone who takes the writing and research we do in college and puts it to practical and civic use in our communities in the hopes of contributing toward positive social change).

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At Work in the Archives: Place-Based Research and Writing

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Lynée Lewis Gaillet & Jessica Rose Volume 4 Chapter Description This chapter outlines a plan for incorporating primary and archival research into first year writing course designs. Correlating directly with recent college initiatives and composition best practices, archival research asks students to see themselves as experts, engage in rhetorical activism, and take on college-to-career projects.

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An Introduction to and Strategies for Multimodal Composing

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Melanie Gagich Volume 3 Chapter Description This chapter introduces multimodal composing and offers five strategies for creating a multimodal text. The essay begins with a brief review of key terms associated with multimodal composing and provides definitions and examples of the five modes of communication. The first section of the essay also introduces students to

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