table of contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Rhetoric

• Essentials of Rhetoric
• Brief History: Classical through Modern Rhetoric. 
• Models of Rhetoric
• Rhetorical Exercise
  • Specialist Kristina “Ski” Kolodziejski’s Personal Narrative

Chapter 2: Argumentation

• Essentials of Argumentation
• Classical Model: Aristotle’s Six Parts of an Argument
• Writing a Rebuttal Stases: Categories of Argument
• Exigency
• Deductive vs. Inductive Reasoning
• Invention Worksheet for Konnikova’s Article
• Forming an Argument Exercise
  • Konnikova’s article: “What’s Lost as Handwriting Fades?”
• Invention Worksheet Exercise

Chapter 3: Rhetorical Situations

• Essentials of a Rhetorical Situation
• Writing Process
• Thesis Statement
• Topic Sentences
• The Paragraph
  • Paragraphs with Specific Functions: Introductions
  • Paragraphs with Specific Functions: Conclusions
  • Assertion, Evidence, Analysis (AEA) Method
• Rhetorical Situation Exercise
  • Prompt and Student Response

Chapter 4: Appeals and Fallacies

• Essentials of Rhetorical Appeals: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
• Examples of Rhetorical Appeals
• Essentials of Logical Fallacies
• Fallacies of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
• Detecting Bias
• Rhetorical Analysis Exercise for Perkins’ Article
• Rhetorical Analysis Exercise
  • Mitali Perkins’ “A Note to Young Immigrants”
• Rhetorical Analysis Exercise

Chapter 5: Voice

• Essentials of Voice
• Voice Exercise
  • Andrew Carroll’s War Letters

Chapter 6: Stylistics

• Essentials of Stylistics
• Figures of Speech
• Sentence Variation
• Parallelism
• Stylistics Exercise
  • Susan B. Anthony’s Speech: “After Being Convicted of Voting in the 1872 Presidential Election”
  • Susan B. Anthony Rhetorical Example
  • President Reagan’s Address: “The Challenger Space Shuttle Tragedy”

Chapter 7: Revision

• Essentials of Revision
• Choosing Exact Words
• Transitions
• Transitions Exercise
• Active and Passive Voice
  • Action and Linking-Verb Lists
• Improving Coherence
• Nominalization
• Revision Exercise
  • Student paragraph on cyber bullying

Chapter 8: Documenting Sources

• Essentials of Documentation
• Citing Sources: Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
  • Quoting
    • Signal Words
  • Paraphrasing
    • Sampling and Paraphrasing
  • Summarizing
    • Stacy Schiff’s article: “Know It All: Can Wikipedia Conquer Expertise?”
• Citing Credible Sources Exercise
  • Malcolm Gladwell’s article: “Brain Candy: Is pop culture dumbing us down or smartening us up?

Chapter 9: Grammar, Punctuation, and Usage

• Essentials of Grammar as a “Means of Persuasion” Grammatical Terms
• Punctuating Titles of Literature
• Grammar and Usage Reference List
• Grammar and Usage Exercise
• Correcting Faulty Sentences

Chapter 10: Visual Arguments

• Essentials of Visual Arguments
• Visual Rhetoric Exercise
  • Chipotle Advertisements
  • Public Service Announcements

Appendix I

• Adjectives and Adverbs
• Adverb Clauses and Commas
• Capitalization
• Commas
• Commas and Semicolons
• Pronouns
• Subject-Verb Agreement

Appendix II

• Spelling Rules
• Spelling Exercise
• Spelling and Usage Reference List
• Usage Exercise

Appendix III

• Sample Research Paper Assignment
• Student’s Research Project
  • Audience Analysis
  • Outline
  • Paper Reflecting Aristotle’s Six Parts of an Argument