Brainstorming
question generation
Today in our MA Writing Group, Vicki Tolar Burton presented on writing our thesis and strategies involved. Two things stick in my head: 1. Write 15 minutes a day, at least. 2. Play to your strengths, according to this online strength assessment we took. My strength, according to this assessment, was my curiosity. Vicki gave [...]
thesis “proposal” for MAWG
Cross-posted on MAWG:
Polemics and Irenics in Argument – it’s a start?
In her essay “The Womanization of Rhetoric,“ Sally Miller Gearhart writes that she believes “that any intent to persuade is an act of violence“ because the persuader has an intention of changing someone (53), and proposes that instead we should “forsake all this and think [...]
overwhelmed, but moving along
Right now I’m still feeling overwhelmed by the enormity of this topic, as well as the writing done in the field. But I know I’m not alone, because everyone I talk to seems to be struggling, so I’m feeling a little better about my sence of being lost. I currently have three pages typed for [...]
should students write to different audiences?
So, I’m wondering about audience (which voice is highly dependent upon). Should we teachers have students write for various audiences? Elbow suggests writing for different teachers and friends, and Woodworth suggests writing for grandparents, friends, coworkers, etc. I just wonder about this at the college level. I think I’d feel cheated in a way, as [...]
so, I’m beginning to formulate where I want to go. How do we get college freshmen, in freshman composition courses, to write from themselves, to write with a “real” voice instead of a faux-academic, disembodied voice? This calls into question, what is voice? What is an authentic voice? Why do students want this faux-academic voice? [...]
toward a focus
Okay, so I’ve been thinking that with all my other work I have to do, that researching and diddling around in the larger issue is a bit too time-consuming at the moment, and that perhaps I should narrow down my focus after some thinking and brainstorming writing. So, where do I go from here? I [...]
