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2004 issue of LORE Journal presented by the Rhetoric and Writing Department of San Diego State University

Textbook Review – The Aims of Argument: A Text and Reader by Maud Gale

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In her essay “Taking TV’s “‘War of Words’” Too Literally,”1 Georgetown University linguist Deborah Tannen examines the rise of what she calls the “argument culture.” That argument is a significant part of American culture today is clear whenever we turn on the television set. Talking heads that populate the airwaves with ardent speakers can be found on various talk shows, especially cable’s quasi-news programs such as MSNBC’s Hardball or CNN’s Crossfire.

Textbook Review – Writing From Sources: 4th Edition: Brenda Spatt by Richard Hal Hannon

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Many instructors of writing would perhaps argue about what freshmen college students lack the most these days in terms of developing a writing foundation that will enable them to manage the multitude of papers they will undoubtedly write throughout their college careers. Some might say “style and syntax,” while others would certainly say “the ability to hold a well-founded opinion.”

A Rhetorical Analysis of Framing Devices in John Kerry’s Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by Chris Werry

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Kerry’s testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is a very rich text, one that relates in all kinds of interesting ways to its cultural and political context. It also resonates in some provocative ways with issues surrounding the current conflict in Iraq – when is protesting disloyal? Where should responsibility lie for atrocities?

CyberReader, 2nd ed. By Victor Vitanza Reviewed by Anna Marin

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It seems Victor Vitanza asked a Magic 8-Ball to see if the world of college composition courses would merge enough with the virtual world to warrant a textbook to be written. Apparently, all signs pointed to yes, and so was born CyberReader.

Textbook Review of Literacies by Christine Gajoli

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Students are most likely to speak when they believe they will be heard, and they speak better when they have something worthwhile to say. The premise behind Literacies is that the same holds true for writing. Subtitled “Reading, Writing, Interpretation,” Literacies is essentially a reader with an edge—an agenda of exalting the status of student writers’ voices by encouraging them to read, think, and write critically and contextually. It is a textbook rich in resources yet simultaneously designed for flexibility, making it appropriate for a significant range of college classrooms.

Working with the Ideas from The Procrastinator’s Handbook of Rita Emmett by Albert Moorin

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Fallacy: Dreaders fear that projects will take too much time.

Truth: It will almost always take less time than you thought. Process: devote one uninterrupted hour, a so-called time crunch, to the task