About Michael J. Faris
I study rhetoric and composition as a PhD student in the English Department at Penn State University.
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wordle: tag clouds got cooler
After reading Colin’s post a few days ago, I made this tag cloud using
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thesis: two signatures away from being complete
I finally printed off the final copy of my thesis yesterday. All that is left is to get my major professor’s and my department chair’s signatures (sometime next week), and it is official: I am done. However, I kind of … Continue reading
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tag cloud of the thesis
affect al attention audience authorship being believe bloggers blogosphere blogs change chapter circulation city class classroom community composition concept consider content counterpublics course create critical culture definition democratic different discourse discussion engage essay et example exigencies experience fag feministing focus … Continue reading
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dear reader
It is, admittedly, hard to write this. Since turning in my thesis at 2:00 pm on Friday (70 hours ago), I haven’t written anything but an abstract, instant messages, phone text messages, a reply to one email, two very short … Continue reading
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tag cloud of chapter 3
Here’s my tag cloud of chapter 3. Doing this is helpful, because it helps me see that I use words like perhaps, believes, and seems too much. I need to keep this in mind when I revise. But otherwise, nothing … Continue reading
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