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Dec 30, 2024
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ENG 3820 - Rhetorical Approaches to Writing
Applying rhetorical theories and methods to various genres of writing, using rhetorical perspectives to analyze genres and produce texts. Examples might include speeches, memoirs, web sites, email, visual texts, editorials, and reviews, etc. The focus is on how different genres make persuasive appeals given their rhetorical situations and history. Engages students in formal and informal writing, writing to learn, critical reading, and critical thinking.
Requisites: ENG 1510 and (Soph or Jr or Sr)
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Understand and apply rhetorical theories to produce and analyze a variety of genres.
- Understand and approach writing as a recursive process
- Understand and use rhetorical concepts (ethos, logos, pathos, kairos) to analyze texts
- Understand how different genres make persuasive appeals given their rhetorical situations and history
- Understand how to document sources correctly and how to proofread drafts
- Understand how to respond to peers’ texts constructively at both global and local levels
- Understand how to use academic databases for research and how to evaluate the quality of sources
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