TY  - BOOK
TI  - Understanding rhetoric: a graphic guide to writing 
SN  - 9780312640965
AV  - PE1408 .U43 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Bedford/St. Martin's
KW  - English language
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - Comic books, strips, etc
N1  - Includes index; Introduction : Spaces for writing; Discovering contexts for writing; Going boldly through writing processes; Exploring visual literacy; reframe : why rhetoric? why a comic book?; --Issue 1 : 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?; --Issue 2 : 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?; --Issue 3 : Writing identities; Leaping into identities in writing; Trying out choices for different audiences; Revealing the performer within the text; reframe; what's my identity?; --Issue 4 : 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!; --Issue 5 : 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!; --Issue 6 : Rethinking revision; Looking beyond the red ink; Reviewing rhetorically; Seeing through others' eyes; Revising radically; reframe; am I missing something?; --Issue 7 : Going public; Launching into the future of genres; Navigating among media; Entering the final frontier with publication; reframe; how does this look?
N2  - This 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 inches 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
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