End of the Year Festivities!

Hello All,

I liked Ms. Tracy's idea of a picnic.

But instead of one person bringing all the food, I thought that we could all bring our own food and meet somewhere outside. 

And so:

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You are all cordially invited to:

***THE RHETORIC TO-GO BOX PICNIC***

Who: Everyone who is eligible to post on this blog.

What: A Post-Rhetoric Celebration

When: Friday, May 15th @ 7:00pm

Where: Memorial Glade

Why: To get a few extra hours for revisions, of course!

Bring: A to-go box with your dinner in it, and possibly a blanket to sit on.

*To-go box means that you actually went somewhere and bought food with the intention of eating it with us! And no leaving once you turn in your paper!

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(Ben and Hui-Hui:

If you would so kindly distribute this invitation to all worthy recipients, I would be much obliged.)

Hope to see you there! Good luck with finals!

Your Earnest Party Planner,

Ms. Cohen

Peer Editing Worksheet

Hey all,

Papers are coming in as I write! Anyway, if people happen to need more copies of the Peer Editing Worksheet, you can download a copy here.

Have a nice weekend!

-Ben

Music for Wednesday

Hey everybody,

Here's the music we'll be talking about this Wednesday. It's two performances by Jimi Hendrix, "Are You Experienced?" and his version of the Star Spangled Banner. As usual, you want to be thinking about how these songs work, what they're doing, what sort of arguments they might be making, how they read America, etc.

If you want to download them to your computer, you can click here.

Jimi Hendrix - "Are You Experienced?"


Jimi Hendrix - Star Spangled Banner (from Woodstock)

Enjoy!

-Ben

Peer Editing Groups

Hey all,

Here are the peer editing groups for the final papers. I'll announce these in class, too, but just in case, these are the people whose drafts you'll be reading.

Group 1
Kim
Gibson
Kahng
Duitch
Fendor

Group 2
Juberg
Chu
Joo
Bergstrom
Golan

Group 3
Liu
Malone
Gomez
Cohen
Copprell

Group 4
McGeoch
Reimer
Leong
Oh
Iwata
Gu

Group 5
Zhu
Schuster
Wong
Shiovitz
Tracey

Group 6
Rodriguez
Varee
Tomatsu
Yeung
Saxe

style 6.2

1. When Shakespeare began work on what was perhaps his greatest tragedy, Lear, he must have had several versions of the story available to him as the story of King Lear was very popular during the reign of Queen Elizabeth.  While many of these stories contained undeveloped characters with a simple narrative, Shakespeare turned these legendary characters into credible human beings with complex motives. 

2. In order to allow the union to put forth proposals on behalf of its members, companies are obligated to disclose major changes in an operation during bargaining.  For example, it is part of managements' "duty to disclose" to announce the date an operation intends to close down.  The main goal for both the union and management, ultimately, is a minimization of conflict. 

3.  The focal point in Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War is Athens' catastrophic Sicilian Invasion.  In fact, three-quarters of the book is devoted to the step-by-step Athenian decline leading up to this inevitable event.

4. Hydrodynamic transport of fluid into the interstitial tissue and then through the mucosa into the lumen of the gut is believed to depend on altered capillary permeability.  A current hypothesis to explain this condition is that a toxin elaborated by the vibrio alters mucosal and vascular permeability.  This theory is supported by the changes in small capillaries located near the basal surface of the epithelial cells and the appearance of numerous microvesicles in the cytoplasm of mucosal cells.

5. Between July 1-August 31, the Ohio and Kentucky areas saw an increase in revenue of approximately 73%, from $32,934 to $56,792.  The Indiana and Illinois areas also saw an increase in revenue of about 10%, from $153,281 to $168,651.  At the same time, however, the Wisconsin and Minnesota areas saw a decrease in revenue of almost 5%, from $200,102 to $190,580.

6.2

1. During the reign of Queen Elizabeth, the story of King Lear and his daughters was popular. By the time Elizabeth died, there were at least a dozen books that made the story available. It was a simple narrative because it had an obvious moral and undeveloped characters. Shakespeare must have read several versions before beginning work on Lear, perhaps his greatest tragedy. His characters were based on the stock figures of legend, but he turned them into credible human beings with complex motives.

2. It would appear that the issue is whether the date an operation intends to close down might be part of management's "duty to disclose" during contract bargaining. Management has to bargain in good faith in order to minimize conflict. Companies are obligated to disclose major changes in an operation during bargaining so that the union can put make proposals, although case law in scanty on this matter.

3. In Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, the most important event is Athens' catastrophic Sicilian Invasion, so three-quarters of the history is devoted to setting it up. We can see how Thucydides anticipates the invasion through his step-by-step description of Athens' decline. We need to anticipate the invasion because we see the tragic drama as inevitable.

4. A current hypothesis to explain this kind of severe condition is a toxin, elaborated by the vibrio, which alters musosal and vascular permeability. Evidence in favor of htis hypothesis includes changes in small capillaries located near the basal surface of hte epithelial cells and the appearance of numerous microvesicles in the cytoplasm. Altered capillary permeability is believed to contribute to hydrodynamic transport of fluid ito the interstitial tussue and then through the mucosa into the lumen of the gut.

5. Changes in revenues are as follows. In the Ohio and Kentucky areas, the net increase from July 1-August 31 was approximately 73 percent, from $32,934 to $56,792. During the same time period, the Indiana and Illinois areas saw a 10 percent increase, from $153,281 to $168,651. However, in the Wisconsin and Minnesota regions, A 5 percent decrease, from $200,102 to $190,580, occured in almost the same time period.

6.2

1. During Queen Elizabeth's reign, the story of King Lear and his daughters was popular. By the time Elizabeth died, at least a dozen books offered the story to anyone. The story was a simple narrative with obvious an obvious moral because of undeveloped characters. Shakespeare must have had several versions available when he began work on perhaps his greatest tragedy Lear. Although the characters were based on stock figures of legend, Shakespeare turned the characters in credible human beings with complex motives.
2. The issue here is whether management has a "duty to disclose" the date of a closure operation during contract bargaining. Management has the duty to bargain in good faith for the minimization of conflict. Although the case law is scanty, companines are obligated to disclose major operational changes during bargaining in order to allow the union to put forth member proposals.
3. The most important event in Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian war is Athen's catastrophic Sicilian invasion. Because of this, three quarters of the history is devoted to setting up the invasion. We can see how he anticipated the Sicilian Invasion through the step-by-step decline in Athenian society. The basic reason for anticipating the invasion is the inevitability we associate with the drama.
4. The current hypothesis to explain the severe condition is that the alteration mucosal and vascular permeability is a result of a toxin elaborated by the vibrio. The evidence in favor of this hypothesis are changes in small capillaries located near the basal surface of epithelial cell and the appearance of numerous microvesicles in the cyoplasm of mucosal cells. It is believed the hydrodynamic transport of fluid into intersitital tissue and further through the muscoa in the lumen of the gut is depended upon altered capillary permeability.
5. Revenue changes are as follows. In Ohio and Kentucky there was a net increase of approximately 73 percent from $32934 to $56792 realized from July 1-August 31. In the same period a 10 percent increase of $15370 from $153281 to $168652 occured in Indiana and Illinois. In almost the same time period there was a decrease of 5 percent from $200102 to $190580 occurred in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Ryan Saxe Style 6.2

Ryan Saxe
Style 6.2

1. During the reign of Queen Elizabeth, the story of King Lear and his daughters was popular. By the time Elizabeth died, at least a dozen available books offered the story to anyone wishing to read it. They story was a simple narrative with an obvious moral, because the characters were undeveloped. Shakespeare must have had several versions of this story available when he began work on Lear, perhaps his greatest tragedy. Though they were based on the stock figures of legend, he turned the characters into credible human beings with complex motives.
2. What the issue here is whether the management has a “duty to disclose” the date an operation intends to close down during contract bargaining. The management has to bargain the minimization of conflict for the duty in good faith. Although the case law is scanty, companies are obligated to disclose major changes in an operation during bargaining in order to allow the union to put forth proposals on behalf of its members.
3. The most important event in Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian war is Athens’ catastrophic Sicilian invasion. Because of this importance, three-quarters of the history is devoted to setting up the invasion. We can see how Thucydides anticipated the Sicilian invasion through the step-by-step decline in Athenian society. WE need to anticipate the invasion in order to associate inevitability with the tragic drama.
4. To explain this kind of severe condition, a current hypothesis is that mucosal and vascular permeability altered by a toxin elaborated by the vibrio. Evidence in favor of this hypothesis includes changes in small capillaries located near the basal surface of the epithelial cells, and the appearance of numerous microvesicles in the cytoplasm of the mucosal cells. It is believed that hydrodynamic transport of fluid into the interstitial tissue and then through the mucosa into the lumen of the gut depends on altered capillary permeability.
5. Changes in revenues are as follows. In the Ohio and Kentucky areas from July 1 – August 31, an increase to $56,792 from $32,934 was realized, a net increase of approximately 73 percent. In the same period in the Indiana and Illinois areas, there was a 10 percent increase of $15,3370 from $153,281 to $168,651. However, in the Wisconsin and Minnesota regions, a decrease of 5 percent occurred from $200,102 to $190,580.

Style - Exercise 6.2

1. Throughout the reign of Queen Elizabeth, King Lear remained a popular story. By the time of her death, the story was available in at least a dozen books. However, these variations were simple narratives that merely stated an obvious moral due to undeveloped characters. When Shakespeare began work on King Lear, perhaps his greatest tragedy, he must have had several versions of the story available. Though the characters were based on stock figures of legend, Shakespeare was able to not only turn them into credible human beings, but provide them with complex motives as well.

2. The issue at hand appears to be whether the closure date of an operation may or may not be part of management's "duty to disclose" during contract bargaining. The central rational for management to bargain in good faith is the minimization of conflict. Though case law on this matter is scant, companies are obligated to disclose major operational changes during bargaining to allow the union to put forth proposals on behalf of its members.

3. The most important event in Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War is Athens' catastrophic Sicilian Invasion. As such, the setup of the invasion comprises three-quarters of the text. The manner in which Thucydides anticipates the Sicilian Invasion is observed through his description of the decline in Athenian society. The basic reason for the need to anticipate invasion is the inevitability that we associate with the tragic drama.

4. A current hypothesis to explain mucosal and vascular permeability is a toxin elaborated by vibrio. Evidence favoring this hypothesis include changes in capillaries near the basal surface of epithelial cells and the appearance of numerous microvesicles in the cytoplasm of mucosal cells. Altered capillary permeability is also believed to effect hydrodynamic transport of fluid into interstitial tissue and the lumen of the gut.

5. Please note the following changes in revenue during the July 1-August 31 time frame. In the Ohio and Kentucky areas, a 73 percent increase from $32,934 to $56,792. In the Indiana and Illinois areas, a 10 percent increase from $153,281 to $168,651. During almost the same time period, the Wisconsin and Minnesota regions saw a 5 percent decrease from $200,102 to $190,580.

Style Lesson (in Clarity and Grace) 6.2

1. During Queen Elizabeth’s reign, the story of King Lear was so popular that by the time she died, there were at least a dozen books that offered the King’s story. However, most of the characters in these stories were undeveloped, leading to a simple narrative with an obvious moral. With multiple versions of the story available to him, Shakespeare turned the characters into credible humans with complex motives, despite their origins in legend.

2. What the issue is here is whether it is the management’s “duty to disclose” the date an operation intends to close down. As part of the management’s duty to bargain in good faith, companies are obligated to disclose major changes in an operation bargaining, in order to allow the union to put forth proposals on behalf of its members.

3. Since the most important event in Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War is the Athenian catastrophic invasion of Sicily, three-quarters of the history is devoted to it. We can see this anticipation, displayed by the steady decline of Athenian society, so he could enforce the inevitability of the tragic drama.

4. One hypothesis to explain this condition is that the mucosal and vascular permeability altered by a toxin elaborated by the vibrio. This hypothesis is supported by the changes in small capillaries located near the basal surface of the epithelial cells, and the appearance of numerous micro vesicles in the cytoplasm of the mucosal cells. Of course, Hydrodynamic transport of fluid into the interstitial tissue and then through the mucosa into the lumen of the gut depends on altered capillary permeability.

5. While there was an increase of approximately 73% from $32,934 from July 1^st to August 31^st in the Ohio and Kentucky areas, the Indiana and Illinois felt a 10% increase from $153,281 and even a decrease of 5% (from $200,102) in the Wisconsin and Minnesota regions.

Final Paper Topic

Rhetoric 1B, Final Essay

First draft of the paper is due by 8pm on Friday, May 8, e-mailed to the members of your group and to Ben. Drafts should be a minimum of 5 pages long. Final papers are due by 3pm on Friday, May 15 in either Ben’s or Hui-Hui’s mailbox in 7408 Dwinelle. Your essay should be 8-10 pages long, and should employ standard formatting (double-spaced, 12pt Times New Roman or equivalent, standard margins, etc).

For this paper you should write an essay that engages two texts we’ve read in class, at least one of which comes from the final third of the semester (since nobody wrote their second paper about either the John Coltrane or the Nina Simone musical pieces, I’ll count the final third as starting there). This text (“text” here includes music and film) needn’t be the primary focus of your essay; it may be the secondary piece or counterweight to the text on which you focus more. The other text may be anything we’ve read this semester, with the one caveat that it cannot be a text about which you’ve written one of your earlier papers. We may be open to exceptions, however, if you come to office hours and demonstrate to us how the angle from which you’ll be investigating a text that you’ve already written about will be completely different on your final paper. Needless to say, both texts in the paper may also come from the final third of the semester.

As with our second paper, you’re free to choose and develop your own topic. Importantly, what you should be shooting for is not a simple compare/contrast paper. Rather, you want your paper to read one text in terms of the other, to illustrate how a given text recasts the terms or argument or conclusions of another, to show how understanding one text properly requires the use of another, to prove that one text raises problems another text hasn’t foreseen, to trace how a given term gains complexity or sophistication in its passage from one text to another and why that matters (you needn’t do all of these things; they’re just examples of relations between texts you may want to highlight). Put differently, you want to take a stand on whatever relation you’re demonstrating, to show why that particular relation matters and to make about claim about what it means for us to be comparing two texts along the axis you’ve chosen. This paper may therefore require a certain amount of comparing and contrasting, but it should be sure to lay out the stakes of that comparison/contrast and demonstrate how that particular mode of comparison or contrast is important.

As usual, we encourage you to come to office hours and discuss your ideas with us as you develop them. Good luck!

Daughtry's "Home" and Daughtry

The songs "Home" and "It's Not Over" by Daughtry are similar in terms of
instruments used, but differ in terms of structure, tempo, and intended
audience. Both songs are dominated by the underlying guitar player, and
also use drum beats at critical junctures to transition from section to
section. However, "It's Not Over" reaches its chorus more quickly than
"Home", has a noticeably quicker beat, and also contains lyrics that seem
to be more intended for a failing relationship than a return to one's
home. Daughtry contrasts his two songs in this fashion to illustrate how
different songs prove more effective in certain situations, and also how
it is necessary for artists to not become one dimensional in their work.
The variances between "It's Not Over" and "Home" reinforce Chris
Daughtry's underlying creative intent behind his songwriting, and serve to
verify his status as an artist with a diversified song portfolio.