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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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