This episode discusses the rhetorical appeal of ethos, which focuses on the composer's credibility.

Transcript here.

Additional Materials:

• Silva Rhetoricae's "Ethos"
• LitChart's "Ethos:  Definition and Examples"
• Grammarly's "What is Ethos?  History, Definition, and Examples"
• Quillbot's "What is Ethos?  Definition, Meaning, and Examples"
• MasterClass's "What is Ethos?  Definition of Ethos with Examples"

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This episode discusses the rhetorical appeal pathos.

Transcript here.

Additional Resources:

• Silva Rhetoricae's "Pathos"
• LitChart's "Pathos"
• Grammarly's "What is Pathos?  History, Definition, and Examples"
• Quillbot's "What is Pathos?  Definition, Meaning, and Examples"
• MasterClass's "What is Pathos?  Definition of Pathos with Examples"

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This episode focuses on the rhetorical appeal of logos.

Transcript here.

Additional Resources:

• Silva Rhetoricae's "Logos"
• Lit Charts' "Logos"
• Grammarly's "What is Logos?  History, Definition, and Examples"
• Quillbot's "What is Logos?  Definition, Meaning, and Examples"
• MasterClass's "What is Logos?  Definition and Examples of Logos in Literature?"

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This episode provides an overview of the three artistic proofs: ethos, logos, and pathos.  We define each one and talk about how they can be used to construct a piece of communication.

Transcript here.

Additional Resources:  

• Silva Rhetoricae's "Persuasive Appeals"
• Purdue OWL's "Aristotle's Rhetorical Situation" (overlaps with rhetorical situation) and "Using Rhetorical Strategies for Persuasion"
• Melanie Gagich and Emilie Zickel's "Rhetorical Appeals:  Logos, Pathos, and Ethos Defined"
• The Speaker's Lab's "What are Ethos, Pathos, and Logos?: Rhetorical Appeals"

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This episode looks at the genre of analysis.

Transcript available here.

Additional Materials:  

• Laura Bolin Carroll's "Backpacks vs. Briefcases:  Steps Toward Rhetorical Analysis"
• Purdue University Fort Wayne's "How to Write an Analysis"
• University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Center's "Summary vs. Analysis"
• University of Michigan's Sweetland Center for Writing's "How Can I Create Stronger Analysis"
• John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Discipline's "Developing Deeper Analysis and Insights"

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This episode focuses on the genre of argument.  It discusses how to use Stephen Toulmin's model to make an argument.

Transcript available here.

Additional Resources:  

• Types of argument from Purdue OWL:
  • Classical
  • Toulmin
  • Rogerian
• Rebecca Jones' "Finding the Good Argument OR Why Bother with Logic?"
• Mark Sutton's "Warrants in an Argument" (This video discusses different kinds of warrants you can use in an argument)
• Harvard College Writing Center's "Counterargument"
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center's "Argument"
• Guide to Grammar and Writing's "Developing an Argument"
• Writing@Colorado State University's "Writing Arguments: An Overview" and "Understanding the Parts of an Argument"
• Walden University's "Developing Arguments" and "Responding to Counterarguments"
• "Finding the Responses to Counterarguments" from Anna Mills' How Arguments Work: A Guide to Writing and Analyzing Texts in College (online textbook)

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This episode focuses on the rhetorical concept of genre.

Transcript available here.

Additional Materials:  

• "Genre Theory" from The Mere Rhetoric Podcast
• WAC Clearinghouse's "What Should I Know about Genre and Design"
• Anis S. Bawarshi and Mary Jo Reiff's Genre:  An Introduction to History, Theory, Research, and Pedagogy
• CCC Poster Page's "Genre"
• Kerry Dirk's "Navigating Genres"
• Brad Jacobson, Madelyn Pawlowski, and Christine M. Tardy's "Make Your 'Move': Writing in Genres"
• Clint Johnson's "On Genre"
• Lisa Bickmore's "Genre in the Wild:  Understanding Genre Within Rhetorical (Eco)systems"

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This episode discusses strategies for reading critically, an important skill for college students to possess.

Transcript available here.

Additional Materials: 

• The Kenneth Burke quote I talked about in this episode.  It's also called the Burkean Parlor.
• A selection of annotation strategies I share with my students.
• From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Learning Center (Note:  They have multiple pages on reading strategies, some of which are specialized. I selected the ones I thought might be of the most use to the most people):
  • "Annotating Texts"
  • "Reading Comprehension Tips"
  • "Taking Notes While Reading"
• Ellen Carillo's e-book A Writer's Guide to Mindful Reading
• Mike Bunn's "How to Read Like a Writer"
• Karen Rosenberg's "Reading Games:  Strategies for Reading Scholarly Sources"
• Phil Sloan's "Reading for College, Part 1" and "Reading for College, Part 2"

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Just a quick heads up that I'm changing the release schedule to weekly instead of biweekly.

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This episode discusses proofreading, the stage of writing process where we check for small errors and grammar mistakes.

Episode transcript here.

Additional Materials: 

• Purdue OWL's "Finding Common Errors."  I refer to this page in the episode.
• Purdue OWL's "Beginning Proofreading"
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center's "Proofreading" (Note: This link leads to a YouTube video.)
• WAC Clearinghouse's "Editing and Proofreading Strategies"
• Butte College's "Tipsheet:  Proofreading"
• Walden University's "Self-Editing Strategies:  Proofreading"

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