Rhetoric category: 666 books
Writing Space
Computers, Hypertext, and the Remediation of Print
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2001
This second edition of Jay David Bolter's classic text expands on the objectives of the original volume, illustrating the relationship of print to new media, and examining how hypertext and other forms of electronic writing refashion or "remediate" the forms and genres of print. Reflecting...
Queer Temporalities in Gay Male Representation
Tragedy, Normativity, and Futurity
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
Through the analysis of over seventy films and thirty television series, ranging from Shortbus, Sweet Home Alabama, and Poseidon to Noah’s Arc, Brothers & Sisters, and Dawson’s Creek, Goltz examines reoccurring narrative structures in popular media that perpetuate the extreme value placed...
by Kristin K. Winet, Abby L. Wilkerson, Winona Landis
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017
Inspired by the need for interpretations and critiques of the varied messages surrounding what and how we eat, Food, Feminisms, Rhetorics collects eighteen essays that demonstrate the importance of food and food-related practices as sites of scholarly study, particularly from feminist rhetorical perspectives.
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by Vera F. Birkenbihl
Language: German
Release Date: October 8, 2018
Language: German
Release Date: October 8, 2018
In diesem Bändchen versammelt die erfolgreiche Autorin und Rhetorik-Trainerin Vera F. Birkenbihl die wichtigsten Übungen und Regeln für erfolgreiche Redekunst - ein schneller und unterhaltsamer Einstieg für Rhetorik-Anfänger! Das Buch enthält eine Mischung aus klassischen und ganz neu entwickelten...
Columns to Characters
The Presidency and the Press Enter the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
The relationship between the presidency and the press has transformed—seemingly overnight—from one where reports and columns were filed, edited, and deliberated for hours before publication into a brave new world where texts, tweets, and sound bites race from composition to release within a matter...
The Gift of the Gab
How Eloquence Works
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
We all know eloquence when we hear it. But what exactly is it? And how might we gain more of it for ourselves? This entertaining and, yes, eloquent book illuminates the power of language from a linguistic point of view and provides fascinating insights into the way we use words. David Crystal, a world-renowned...
by James Geary
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
"A witty book about wit that steers an elegant path between waggishness and wisdom." —Stephen Fry
Much more than a knack for snappy comebacks, wit is the quick, instinctive intelligence that allows us to think, say, or do the right thing at the right time in the right place. In...
Watching My Language:
Adventures in the Word Trade
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2011
America's most entertaining language maven is back with more words to live by in his latest exploration of hot catchphrases, syntactical controversies, and other matters of national linguistic importance.
Before you scratch that seven-year-itch, you might want to know where it came from. And...
by Elaine Richardson
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2006
Hiphop Literacies is an exploration of the rhetorical, language and literacy practices of African Americans, with a focus on the Hiphop generation. Richardson analyses the lyrics and discourse of Hiphop, explodes myths and stereotypes about Black culture and language and shows how Hiphop language...
The Language of Brexit
How Britain Talked Its Way Out of the European Union
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Investigating the 2016 EU Referendum in the UK, The Language of Brexit explores the ways in which 'Brexit' campaigners utilised language more persuasively than their 'Remain' counterparts. Drawing parallels with effective political discourse used worldwide, this book highlights the linguistic features...
Scientific Communication
Practices, Theories, and Pedagogies
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
This book addresses the roles and challenges of people who communicate science, who work with scientists, and who teach STEM majors how to write. In terms of practice and theory, chapters address themes encountered by scientists and communicators, including ethical challenges, visual displays, and...
Coherence, Continuity, and Cohesion
Theoretical Foundations for Document Design
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
There is a need for general theoretical principles describing/explaining effective design -- those which demonstrate "unity" and enhance comprehension and usability. Theories of cohesion from linguistics and of comprehension in psychology are likely sources of such general principles. Unfortunately,...
Nonacademic Writing
Social Theory and Technology
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
In this volume, methodological, cultural, technological, and political boundaries felt by writers are analyzed, translated, and challenged in a way that will appeal to researchers, theorists, graduate students, instructors, and managerial audiences. Instead of extracting rules from previous research,...
Why Johnny Can't Write
How to Improve Writing Skills
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The authors of this book, both experienced teachers, examine the controversy surrounding two popular methods for teaching writing -- the "process" approach and its offspring, Writing Across the Curriculum. Both have recently been called into question for their ineffectiveness. An alternative...