Category Archives: Voice

rhetorical genius

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Michael

I’m not a big fan of Hillary Clinton, but I’m glad she won last night — it extends this fascinating race out longer, and since I’m not a huge fan of any of the top three (Clinton, Obama, Edwards), it’ll … Continue reading →

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This I believe audio essays

Posted on November 8, 2007 by Michael

When I taught first-year writing, I wanted students to write a “This I Believe” essay, but the length was too short to use for one of the major assignments, and instead we did “My Turn” essays, which in retrospect, I … Continue reading →

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thesis “proposal” for MAWG

Posted on February 7, 2006 by Michael

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Agonism in Display, Brainstorming, Collage, Gender, Hyptertexts, Irenicism, Polyphony, Thesis work, Voice, Walter Ong | 4 Comments

my five minute presentation tomorrow, draft one

Posted on December 1, 2005 by Michael

I just wrote this, and I just practiced reading it. It clocked in at 5 minutes 30 seconds. I have to cut at least 30 seconds, preferrably more so that I can slow down my reading, but here is draft … Continue reading →

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ok – this is where I am going

Posted on December 1, 2005 by Michael

Here it goes. To be completely honest, I keep changing ideas on a central focus every freakin’ five minutes, hours, whatever. It keeps changing on me. Now, at 2:48 in the morning, approximately 11 hours before I have to present, … Continue reading →

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