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LIT 165 Syllabus
LIT 165 Announcements
LIT 165 Assignments
WRT 120 Syllabus
WRT 120 Announcements
WRT 120 Assigmments
Adieu to Imaginary Worlds
One Last Look at Imaginary Worlds
ASSIGNMENT SHEET: Paper #3
Notes on 'Before the Law'
Samuel Beckett Links
Notes on 'Waiting for Godot'
Approaching 'Waiting for Godot'
Notes on 'Axolotl' by Julio Cortazar
Notes on 'EPICAC' by Kurt Vonnegut
ASSIGNMENT SHEET: Paper #2
DIRECTIONS: Independent Project
Suggested Readings: Independent Project
Utopia/Dystopia Links
Character Analysis: Brave New World
Analyzing the Brave New World
Defining Utopia
Embarking on the Brave New World
A Critique of BRAVE NEW WORLD
Dante Links
Inferno: Final Destinations, Cantos XXXII-XXXIV
Inferno: Malebolge, Cantos XVIII-XXXI
Inferno: Questions/Analysis, Cantos XII - XVII
Structure in the Inferno: Analysis, Cantos V - XI
Inferno: Questions for Analysis, Cantos I - V
Introducing Canto I
Approaching the Divine Comedy
Relating to Dante's Inferno
Our Goals for Studying the Inferno
Assignment Sheet: PAPER #1
The Birthmark
Leaf By Niggle
Responses to Leaf By Niggle
'On Fairy Stories' by J.R.R. Tolkien
Notes on Ovid and 'Metamorphoses'
Analyzing the Mythic Tales
The Four Functions of Myth
Myth and Metaphor
Myth - Links
Filtering the Introduction to 'Fantastic Worlds'
Allegory
'La Belle Dame Sans Merci' and 'The Zebra Storyteller
Introducing the 'Imaginary Worlds' Theme
Alice In Wonderland
The Metamorphosis
Conference Schedule: 4/21 and 4/26
Commentary: Following Up Your Response
Critical Thinking and Commentary
Casebook: Evaluating Sources
What is Argument?
Parts of an Argument
Casebook Assignment Sheet
Rubric for Evaluation of Writing
Assignment Sheet: Essay#1
Expressive Writing
Short Stories About Identity
Thoughts on Stories About Identity
Poems About Identity
Understanding the 'Rhetorical Situation'
Mind-map: Identity
ENG Q20 Syllabus
Frederick Douglass Excerpt
Propaganda Analysis
How to Detect Propaganda
George Orwell's Politics and the English Language
Propaganda Analysis Exercise
Weblog for WRT 120
Writing Assistance on the Web
Blackboard at WCU
WCU Homepage
WCU's Francis Harvey Green Library
~~ Propaganda Analysis Exercise ~~
Please print the following two speeches and bring them to class.
Consider the readings we've been discussing in class—particularly "How to Detect Propaganda" and George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language." In light of these readings, analyze two political speeches, one by George W. Bush and one by John Kerry, to determine the degree to which the language is manipulative by observing—
1. Propagandistic techniques described by the IPA:
- Name-Calling
- Glittering Generality
- Transfer
- Testimonial
- Plain Folks
- Card Stacking
- Band Wagon
2. These additional "logical fallacies" discussed in class:
- Fear
- Bad logic
- Unwarranted Extrapolation (a conclusion based on insufficient evidence)
- Unsupported Assertion (an opinion that's presented as a fact; that is, an opinion unsupported by concrete, convincing evidence)
3. "Corruptive" language as described by George Orwell in "Politics and the English Language":
- "Ugly" prose-stale or imprecise language (clichés, vague abstractions)
- Euphemistic language
- Pretentious language
- Evasive or "empty" language
4. Euphemism as described by William Lutz in his analysis of doublespeak.
5. Any of the
sell tactics you observed in our unit on advertising.