English 103: Rhetoric and Writing Spring 2013 Section 21: Tues/Thurs 2:00-3:15 LA 18S Section 12: Tues/Thurs

5:00-6:15 LA 19S Instructor: Adi Angel Office: RB 259 Email: [email protected] Website: www.adiangel.com Office Hours: Tues/Thurs 11:00-12:00, and by appointment Course Description Introduces and develops understanding of principles of rhetoric; basic research methods; elements, strategies, and conventions of persuasion used in constructing written and multi-modal texts. Prerequisite Not open to students who have credit in ENG 101 or 102. Course Goals By the end of this course, students will: Understand that persuasion-both visual and verbal-is integral to reading and composing Understand how persuasive visual and verbal texts are composed for different audiences and different purposes Develop effective strategies of invention, drafting, and revision for different rhetorical situations and individual composing styles Compose texts in various media using solid logic, claims, evidence, creativity, and audience awareness Integrate primary and secondary research as appropriate to the rhetorical situation Develop strategies for becoming more critical and careful readers of both their own and others texts Demonstrate a professional attitude towards their writing by focusing on the need for appropriate format, syntax, punctuation, and spelling Take responsibility for their own progress Develop the ability to work well with others on composing tasks Required Texts & Supplies Envision: Writing and Researching Arguments. Third Edition. BallPoint (click here to access online) Late Assignment Policy Assignments are due on the date listed on our calendar. Late assignments will not be accepted. If you must miss class on the date that an assignment is due, it is your responsibility to contact me ahead of time and submit your assignment early.

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Attendance Policy I understand that circumstances beyond your control can prevent you from attending class, but be advised that there is no distinction between an excused and an unexcused absence. You may miss three classes before absences will negatively impact your grade. Bear in mind, that you are responsible for the material covered in class when you are absent. Missing in-class work will negatively impact your class participation grade for the day (you cant participate if you arent in the class!). For each absence after the first three, I will deduct 5% (50 points) from your overall final grade. Missing six (6) classes is grounds for an automatic failure in this course. Academic Integrity Policy Plagiarism is a serious offense that will not be tolerated in this class. Please refer to the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities (click here for details) for more information. If I do find that you have plagiarized your work, I will report the violation to the director of the Writing Program. Plagiarism may lead to receiving a zero in the class. Special Accommodations If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, or if you have emergency medical information to share with me, or if you need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible. My office location, hours, and contact information are listed at the top of this syllabus. For more information on services for students with disabilities, visit the Disabled Student Development website or call (765) 285-5293. Classroom Expectations This class strives to foster a sense of community, and in order to accomplish that goal everyone must come to class prepared and with an open mind. I expect you to respect your classmates, and me, and I will not tolerate any behavior that I deem threatening or inappropriate to the class. I reserve the right to dismiss a student from the classroom if I feel that their behavior is disruptive to the classroom environment. You are expected to participate in classroom discussions, complete assignments in a timely manner, and contribute during group work. Failure to meet these expectations will negatively impact your participation grade. The Writing Center The Writing Center is a free service offered by the Writing Program. I encourage you to speak with the counselors in the Writing Center about your work. The Writing Center is located in RB 291. Their hours are: Monday-Thursday 10am-8pm, and Friday 10am-2pm. You can make an appointment on the Writing Center website. How to Submit Your Work Refer to the MLA style guide available on the Purdue OWL website. I have also included a few helpful examples at the end of the syllabus. All assignments (unless otherwise noted) must be uploaded to Blackboard on the date listed on the calendar before the scheduled class time.

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Workshop Policy Workshops are an integral part of this course, and as such are a requirement for all students. Workshops give you an opportunity to see the work your peers are doing, and will give you a chance to ask questions about your own writing. This is a vital part of the writing process, and I expect you to come prepared with a full, working draft. If you miss a workshop, or if you come unprepared, it will negatively impact your participation grade. Revision Policy (applies to the first three writing projects) There is a great deal of evidence that revision helps improve the quality of your writing. It is expected that each project will have gone through multiple revisions prior to submission. I will allow each student to revise one graded project over the course of the semester. In order to revise a paper, you must first contact me to discuss your work and to set up a revision plan and timeline. We will discuss this further in class after I return your first paper. Assignments: Message Board: Every Monday (except where noted) I will post an article for you to read on Blackboard. By the end of each week (Friday at 5:00 PM), you will need to post to our online message board in response to the article. I expect you to post thoughtful, original responses that are 150-200 words in length. The articles I have chosen deal with many of the concepts we will discuss in class. Often, you may find that you disagree with the content of the article. Comments made on Blackboard are public, and will be read by other students and myself. As such, your comments should be respectful and conscious of others, and I expect you to show maturity in responding to things you disagree with, both from the article and from your peers. Inappropriate comments will be removed promptly, and you will be asked to meet with me to discuss your behavior. Reading Notes: Reading notes will apply to any reading done from the textbook, and are typed versions of the notes you take during reading. You may handwrite your notes for personal use, but you must submit a typed, electronic copy to me before class time via Blackboard. These notes should cover the main topics covered in each chapter you read, and will demonstrate to me that you are completing the reading assignments. If I see that your notes are not sufficiently covering the material from the textbook, I may require you to re-submit your work. Class Participation: This class seeks to develop a writing community that is supportive and inclusive. Your participation is vital! I expect you to come to class prepared, and I expect you to participate in the in-class activities. Class participation will be graded each week. Failure to meet our classroom guidelines will negatively impact your participation grade. Writing Project 1: Rhetorical Analysis of a Political Cartoon. min 3 pages. At least one source The first paper will be a rhetorical analysis of a political cartoon of your choosing. You will need to make an argument as to what the message of your cartoon might be, and then analyze how the different elements in the cartoon are being used to make that argument. My suggestion to you is

Angel 4 to make sure that you find a cartoon that you believe you can write about for at least three pages. Find a cartoon that expresses both explicit and implicit arguments, and develop your analysis to cover both layers of the argument. You can find political cartoons on Daryl Cagles website (www.cagle.com). Writing Project 2: Cultural Analysis of Two Advertisements. min 4 pages. At least three sources For this assignment, you will take on the role of an advertising consultant that has been hired by an advertising agency to examine advertisements prior to printing. For the purpose of this assignment, you will assume that the advertisements you discuss were produced by the same company (the one that has hired you). Using the memo format, this paper is a cultural analysis of two different print advertisements from two different ad campaigns (for example: you might select one advertisement for Dove soap and one advertisement for Axe body spray). Your objective here is to examine and discuss the use of culturally constructed notions of race, class, gender, or sexuality and to analyze how these constructions are reinforced through the tools of persuasion we have discussed in class. Writing Project 3: Research-Based Argumentative Paper. Min 5 pages. At least five sources Unlike our previous assignments, this paper will delve more deeply into the world of writing to an academic audience. Your goal here is to research an issue that you care deeply about, and to make an argument having to do with that topic. You must incorporate sources to support your argument, and more specifically, incorporate counterarguments to your position that you can use to help strengthen your own argument. Through this assignment, you will demonstrate your ability to discuss positions through a nuance. Remember: there is often more to an argument than being for or against something. Writing Project 4: Creating a Group Zine The final project for this class will ask you to work in groups of four to create a zine that incorporates the different elements of a zine that we will discuss in class. Your objective in doing this assignment is to demonstrate the skills you learned in researching a topic and presenting information in an engaging way for an audience (in this case, other Ball State students). Each zine will have a theme, and the content will build on that theme in some way. Ultimately, you want to develop a final product that could be presented or distributed to your peers. Grading Policy Grading will be based on the Ball State Writing Program evaluation criteria. You can find the criteria here. The final grade for this class will be out of 1,000 points. Listed below is the point breakdown for the class: Message Board 100 points Reading Notes 90 points Class Participation 160 points Writing Project 1: 100 points Writing Project 2: 200 points Writing Project 3: 200 points Writing Project 4: 150 points

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Grading Scale A 94-100 A- 90-93 C- 69-71 D+ 65-68

B+ 87-89 D 60-64

B 83-86 D- 55-59

B- 80-82 C+ 76-79 F 54 or below

C 72-75

NOTE: In order to fulfill the Universitys Core Curriculum requirement in Writing Program courses, students must earn a minimum grade of C to pass; a grade of C- is not considered acceptable. Writing Program courses may be repeated as many times as necessary to meet the requirement, but: The first and all other grades will show up on your transcript All grades except the first will be used to compute your GPA A grade of W will not replace a previous grade Course credit hours apply only once to graduation requirements Students who do not successfully complete ENG 104 before earning 90 credit hours will not be able to take the Writing Proficiency Exam. These students will instead need to take an additional writing course (WP 393) after completing ENG 104.

Angel 6 TUESDAY Course Introduction Chapter 1 discussion Reading Due: Chapter 1 Chapter 2 discussion Reading Due: Chapter 2 WP 1 Rough draft due Peer Review Session Introducing WP 2 WP 1 due on Blackboard prior to class Chapter 4&5 discussion Reading Due: Chapter 4 No class/Conferences WP 2 Rough draft due Peer Review Session SPRING BREAK Reading Due: Chapter 7 Library Day #2 (Finding sources) Whats in a topic? Incorporating counterarguments: avoiding the straw man, finding a balance, and writing within a community WP 3 Rough draft due for inclass workshop Chapter 8 discussion Reading Due: Chapter 8 No class/Conferences WP 4 rough draft due Peer Review Session THURSDAY Visual Rhetoric: What does it mean to read visuals MB 1 due 1/11 by 5:00 PM Practicing rhetorical analysis MB 2 due 1/18 by 5:00 PM Chapter 3 discussion Reading Due: Chapter 3 MB 3 due 1/25 by 5:00 PM Revision Strategies Session Reading due: Chapter 5 Library Day #1 (Finding advertisements) Chapter 6 discussion Reading Due: Chapter 6 MB 5 due 2/22 by 5:00 PM No class/Conferences MB 4 due 2/15 by 5:00 PM Introducing WP 3 WP 2 due on Blackboard prior to class SPRING BREAK Chapter 7 discussion MB 6 due 3/15 by 5:00 PM Academic writing: Writing a researched paper MB 7 due 3/22 by 5:00 PM WP 3 work session (in-class) MB 8 due 3/29 by 5:00 PM Introducing WP 4 WP 3 due on Blackboard WP 4 work session (in-class) MB 9 due 4/12 by 5:00 PM No class/Conferences MB 10 due 4/19 by 5:00 PM WP 4 presentations and final class discussion WP 4 due in class

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Angel 7 Your Name Instructors Name ENG 103-section # (ex: ENG 103-12) Date Following MLA Guidelines: Quick Guide Notice the format of this sample paper. This is the format you should use when submitting any of your work for this class. Note the right-aligned header with your name and page number at the top of this page. Make sure to use 1 margins. Most of the time, Word sets margins to 1.25, so you will have to make the change each time you start a paper by going to the document settings.

Works Cited Bruccoli, Mathew J., and Richard Lyman. Ring W. Lardner: A Descriptive Bibliography. Pittsburg: U of Pittsburg P, 1976. Print Larder, Ring. The Annotated Baseball Stories of Ring W. Lardner: 1914-1919. Ed. George Hilton. Stanford: Stanford UP, 1995. Print. ---. The Letters of Ring Lardner. Ed. Clifford M. Caruthers. Alexandrea: Orchises Press, 1995. Print. Yardley, Jonathan. Ring: A Biography of Ring Lardner. Baltimore: Rowman & Littlefield, 2001. Print.