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Author Archives: Dr. Ayers
Book Review Essay Analysis
As we’ve been talking about, you’re going to write a book review essay that follows the basic conventions of the genre. My hope is that you’re already well on your way to getting a nonfiction book, published either this year … Continue reading
Friday Links
Spiders tune their webs like guitar strings. Very short video; worth the click. This upcoming Macbeth movie looks potentially pretty cool. Sounds like David Foster Wallace’s essay “Consider the Lobster” caused more than a couple of arguments with his editor. … Continue reading
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Chris Ware, Minecraft, and Visual Literacy
For later use, Ken Parille’s blog post about Chris Ware’s New Yorker cover from the June 22, 2015 issue.
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Student Life at ISU
Over the weekend I ran into Adam, a former Kennedy HS and AP Lang student. Sounds like he’s doing impressive things at Iowa State University these days, which is no surprise to anyone who knows him. But the reason I’m … Continue reading
Formatting an Essay Like the New York Review of Books
To make your essay look like one of the essays on nybooks.com, you’ll need the following: all the publishing info about your book; an image that evokes an important idea within your essay; a caption for your image, including whose … Continue reading
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The Dauntless Oracle
Recently, former student Austin Anderson e-mailed me to say hello, and to let me know about a new blog he started, called The Dauntless Oracle. On it, he writes about a range of topics, but all of them seem to be … Continue reading
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The Rhetorical Triangle
For future reference, some questions to ask when you’re beginning a piece of rhetorical analysis.
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Aristotle, Joshua Bell, and Persuasion
Watch the video. Then I’ll have a few words about this after the jump.
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