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Photographer’s Guide to Selecting Photos for Texts

Joe Moxley — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 18:38:56 +0000

Communicate, don’t decorate is the golden rule for incorporating photos into your texts. Whether printed or published online, successful photography can add value to any published work through curiosity, impact, validation and the ability to keep the reader engaged. 1. Ensure Your Photos are Rhetorically Sound Photos should not be viewed for ornamental purposes. Rather, ... Read more

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Perspective – What is the Role of Perspective in Reading & Writing?

Joe Moxley — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 13:02:36 +0000

What is Perspective? Perspective is a broad term that means many different things in different contexts: Key Concepts Habits of Mind; How to Foster Intellectual Growth; Interpretation, Persona; Point of View; Stance; Rhetorical Reasoning FAQs How Do Writers Determine Their Perspective on a Topic? Ann Berthoff theorizes that writers gain perspective by engaging in acts ... Read more

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Register

Joe Moxley — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 06:31:15 +0000

What is Register? Register, in linguistics, refers to the way a writer, speaker, knowledge worker . . . adjusts what they say (semantics) and how they say it (stylistics) to adopt a writing style, a persona, that is appropriate for a particular occasion — their rhetorical situation. Related Concepts: Audience; Code Switching; Rhetorical Stance; Style; Tone; ... Read more

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Text – Composition

Joe Moxley — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 10:37:42 +0000

In writing studies, a text or composition isn’t just a collection of words. It is: While the terms “text” and “composition” are often used interchangeably, there are other synonymous terms you may come across in your writing journey: Key Concepts: Composing; Composing Processes; Composition Studies; First-Year Composition; Semiotics: The Signified & The Signifier; Text, Textuality ... Read more

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Commonplaces (Topoi)

Joe Moxley — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 07:10:59 +0000

Commonplaces (Topoi) are Related Concepts: Cultural Literacy; Intersubjectivity; Scholarship as a Conversation; Register Commonplaces, which Aristotle and the Greeks conceptualized as Topoi, are shared understandings among people. Thus, the commonplace is a rhetorical construct: it presumes a rhetor and an audience. For the Greeks, commonplaces included what had been said in the past about a ... Read more

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Photography

Joe Moxley — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 18:36:44 +0000

What is Photography? It’s Related Concepts: Concrete, Sensory Language; Description; Design Why Does Photography Matter to Writers? Photography is a powerful medium of communication, especially for Photography appeals to our senses, our sense of sight, which is a dominant mode of human perception and learning. Writers, speakers, knowledge makers . . . use photographs in ... Read more

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Illustration

Joe Moxley — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 04:49:32 +0000

Illustrations are Key Concepts: Text & Intertextuality; Design Caution: This is an article stub. Please check back in a bit. We hope to write this page soon. Still, if you have something to say, let us know.

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Team Workspace

Joe Moxley — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 10:49:02 +0000

The Team Workspace is a writing space that is shared with teams. Teams can use a range of media. Snapchat. Facebook Messenger. Instagram When Teams come across interesting information about their project, it’s useful to share that information with their team. Team members need to keep one another apprised of ongoing developments. It’s not uncommon ... Read more

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Hermeneutics

Joe Moxley — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 11:16:23 +0000

Hermeneutics is Hermeneutics is derived Key Terms: Critical Thinking; Critical Analysis; Dialectic; Flow, Coherence, Unity; Given to New Order; Semiotics; Text & Intertextuality. Since antiquity, scholars interested in hermeneutics have asked fundamental questions of interpretation and understanding: Interpretation Understanding Hermeneutics as a Field The term hermeneutics may Hermeneutics as a Field of Study Initially, hermeneutics ... Read more

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Knowledge

Joe Moxley — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:57:43 +0000

Knowledge refers to the understanding, awareness, and retention of information, concepts, and experiences acquired through perception, learning, and reasoning. Key Terms: Knowledge Claim; Scholarly Conversation As humans, we are driven to expand human knowledge. When people say they want to make a contribution to human knowledge, they probably mean they hope to develop an original ... Read more

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