| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
xv, 352 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Inlcudes index. |
| Contents |
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?. |
| Summary |
"Understanding Rhetoric is a groundbreaking comic-style guide to writing that is always a hit with both instructors and students. It encourages deep engagement with core concepts of writing and rhetoric with its unique coverage of writerly identity and its extensive discussions of rhetoric, reading, argument, research, revision, and presenting work to audiences"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
English language -- Rhetoric -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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English language -- Rhetoric. |
| Genre/Form |
Comics (Graphic works)
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| Subject |
Rhetoric -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Rhetoric. |
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Graphic novels.
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Graphic novels. |
| Genre/Form |
Graphic novels.
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Graphic novels.
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Comics (Graphic works)
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Fiction.
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Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Alexander, Jonathan, 1967- author.
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Cannon, Zander, illustrator.
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Cannon, Kevin, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
1319244998 |
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9781319244996 |
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