Description
Book SynopsisChristine Alfano is the Associate Director of Stanford's Program in Writing and Rhetoric. She holds a BA from Brown University and PhD from Stanford and specializes in digital rhetoric, visual rhetoric, technology and pedagogy, and writing program administration. In her recent courses, The Rhetoric of Gaming, Gender and Technology, Networked Rhetoric, and Cultural Interfaces, Christine challenges students to explore how writing in different technological modes (from docs, to blogs, threaded discussions, social media platforms, memes, vlogs, wikis, etc.) transforms the modern practices of communication and how we represent ourselves online and off.
Dr. Alyssa J. O'Brien is a Lecturer in the Program and Writing and Rhetoric at Stanford University, where she directs the Cross-Cultural Rhetoric initiative and publishes scholarship and textbooks on visual rhetoric
Table of Contents
I: ANALYSIS AND ARGUMENT
1. Analyzing Texts and Writing Thesis Statements
2. Understanding Strategies of Persuasion
3. Composing Arguments
II: PLANNING AND CONDUCTING RESEARCH
4. Planning and Proposing Research Arguments
5. Finding and Evaluating Research Sources
III: DRAFTING AND DESIGNING ARGUMENTS
6. Organizing and Writing Research Arguments
7. Avoiding Plagiarism and Documenting Sources
8. Designing Arguments
