post for 10/18/12

Thanks for your participation in class today. First, some reminders:

• Turn your RAs in by 4:30pm tomorrow (Wednesday) in room 4410 of the JFSB. Same as last time
• We'll meet in the library next time, room 2231. You're spoiled, because it's an iPad room!
• I updated the assignment and reading schedule for this unit, so everything on Learning Suite is now up to date.

Okay, now for your blog post:

• I'm going to combine this week's blog post with your RA reflection. As I mentioned in class today, you don't have to turn in a reflection with your RA portfolio, because you'll post one on your blog. Here's what the reflection will entail:
• What grade do you feel like you deserve on your RA? Look through the rubric carefully and defend that grade according to the rubric. Be honest.
• What would you do differently if you had another chance?
• What was your biggest challenge?
• What is your paper's greatest strength?

Good luck! See you Thursday. 

blog prompt for tuesday

Okay.

I should be able to get feedback to you this weekend for your RA paragraphs, but here's the blog post (which you should post before class on Tuesday): 

I want you to watch at least part of this last week's Presidential debate. You can find it online (on Youtube, even). You will identify 10 different rhetorical strategies (or fallacies, as may be the case). You can identify rhetorical tools, like metaphor, allusion, or parallelism; you can identify fallacies, like strawperson, red herring, or ad hominem; or you can look at the physical presentation of the speakers, like eye contact, hand gestures or verbal cues. Remember, almost anything that contributes or takes away from the effectiveness of an argument can be identified as a rhetorical strategy. 

And that's it! You really shouldn't have to watch all of the debate; there's a lot of meat there.

Good luck! Have a great weekend.