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Showing 1 to 20 of 73 for “"rhetorical theory"”.
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Aristotelianism in the Rhetorical Theory of Kenneth Burke
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The Rhetorical Theory of Henry Home, Lord Kames
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Transcending inaccessibility : reassessing the Action Painters in the light of rhetorical theory
… investigates the Action Painting movement using rhetorical theories and models with the intent of producing a higher level of understanding of the paintings and increasing their approachability. A brief history of nonobjective painting, the technique of automatism, and the Action Painting …
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It Goes Without Saying: Infrastructure as Rhetorical Theory for Navigating Transition in Writing Program Administration
… of a seasoned WPA, the ability to understand and rhetorically act in concert with one's infrastructure can often determine the success of a writing program. In this dissertation, I conduct a mixed-methods examination of the phenomenon of WPA infrastructure, situating infrastructure as a rhetorical …
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Revising Rhetorical Theory in "My Bondage and My Freedom": Narrativizing and Theorizing a Rhetoric of Blackness
… Douglass enacts rhetoric and for what end. The rhetorical situation Douglass faces is highly fraught: other people’s lives are at stake, and the institution of slavery forces him to make legible the atrocities being done to African American bodies. My conceptualization of Douglass’s text as …
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The Rhetoric of Collaborative Ministry: A Perspective on Ministry Based on Augustine's Rhetorical Theory with Particular Reference to Abakaliki Diocese
… of this magnitude, one cannot ignore its rhetorical ripples around the individual, culture, Church family and the society at large.</p><p> The Christian culture must be translated to the language the people being evangelized must understand. The Gospel will have to take an incarnate nature …
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Archiving the sacred: Austin Phelps and the adaptation of nineteenth-century rhetorical education at Andover Theological Seminary
… project expands the canon of nineteenth-century rhetorical history by providing a broadened understanding of how professional rhetoric was taught, learned, and practiced in nineteenth-century America. To do so, I examine the rhetorical theory, writing pedagogy, and pulpit oratory of Austin …
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The Metalogicon of John of Salisbury: Medieval Rhetoric as Educational Praxis
… what are the implications of John of Salisbury's rhetorical theory for his approach to education? The Metalogicon, John's defense of the trivium, represents the primary text analyzed throughout the project. John's medieval rhetorical theory explicated the reciprocal relationship between rhetoric …
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A physiological definition of style: science, religion, and women���s writings in the early American republic
… it fostered no real changes or improvements to rhetorical theory. I contend that Enlightenment rhetoric did indeed effect deep changes in rhetorical theory. Based on evidence of the early American Republic’s understanding of Enlightenment rhetorical and scientific theory, we can see 1) rhetoric …
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The Rhetoric* of Writing Assessment
… Writing Assessment uses strategic variations of rhetorical theory to reimagine writing assessment's complicated disciplinary past and rethink its foundational concepts through its multifaceted rhetorical situatedness. Although scholars such as Bob Broad, Brian Huot, Patricia Lynne, Norbert …
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Rhetorical Bridges: How Rhetoric Affects the Gap Between Knowledge and Behavior Change
… scholars and practitioners have ascribed to a theory of behavior change that posits acquiring knowledge about certain health issues leads to changes in attitudes and, ultimately, changes in personal health practices. Over the past decade, however, scholars have identified a KAP-gap, as they …
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Language: A Bridge or Barrier to Social Groups
… a comparative analysis of social epistemic rhetorical theory and psychological research concerning language production and perception, the effect language has on understanding, and social mirroring processes that may be generalized to language production. This rhetorical theory now grounded …
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Retelling Michel de Certeau
… of "tactics" supported by concepts developed by rhetorical theory.
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Nucor Steel: A Leader In Culture Manufacturing
<p>Through the lens of modern rhetorical theory, this thesis investigates the changes that have occurred in the corporate culture of Nucor Steel. In the world of American manufacturing, Nucor is driving force behind public policy and industry standards. Since its success has been attributed by …
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Breaking the silence: A rhetorical analysis of selected works by Sandra Cisneros and Toni Morrison through the lens of Northrop Frye's rhetorical theories of speech and style
… The Bluest Eye and Sula. Northrop Frye's rhetorical theories of hieratic and demotic style and speech may be examined and applied to the fiction of Cisneros and Morrison. The introductory portion of this analysis begins with a discussion of Northrop Frye's rhetorical theory of the use of …
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From Manuscript to Multimedia: Illuminating Memory and Re[image]ning Composition
… of the historical relationship between rhetorical theory and compositional practices in both medieval and 21st century multimodal texts. Rather than further widening the schism between textual and visual rhetorics and compositional practices, I argue that these modes cannot be theorized …
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Leadership as Rhetorical Action: The Power of the Powerless in Search of Its "People"
… approach. This thesis argues that shifting to a rhetorical perspective of leadership provides a more inclusive look at leadership as a process involving leader, follower, message, and context. When these components align a fuller understanding grounded in rhetorical action results. The four …
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Imitation: A classical art for modern composition
… successfully, the teacher should understand the rhetorical theory to which she subscribes. Imitation enhances the objective, the transactional and the epistemic theories, but the subjective rhetoric is so dependent on individual inspiration that imitation becomes nearly useless. The regular …
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Reintroducing Invention to Innovation: Investigating the White Space in Marketing Innovation
… project investigates the relationship between rhetorical theory and marketing innovation as practiced in the consumer packaged goods industry. Marketing innovation, or the development of new products, product features (including packaging and messaging), and services, is a process-heavy …
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