Canons of Rhetoric: Audience?

Below is a Prezi that I made from a paper I wrote arguing for the inclusion of audience as a canon of rhetoric. I argue for this inclusion because the audience of a piece informs the other canons so strongly. This was an informal project and some of the writing is not purely academic. :)

Just click on "Start Prezi" and then use the arrows that show up on the bottom of the screen to navigate through.

That's So Gay! Or Is It?

That’s So Gay! Or is it?

An Exploration of the Meaning of This Happy-Go-Lucky, Flamboyant and Pejorative Piece of the English Lexicon.

Conjunction, Junction What IS Your Function?

 

Conjunction, Junction What IS  Your Function?

And that has been the question, since even before the peppy cartoon gave voice and face to our persnickety little grammatical inquiry back in 1973. The conjunction, just like most elements in a language, is multifaceted and is tired of being pigeonholed! The conjunction is not limited to the sole purpose of connecting elements within a sentence, and is perfectly capable of beginning a sentence on its own.

Published!

I got published! How tremendously exciting! For a twenty-two year-old master's student, being told that your article is published is a pretty mountain-top experience!

So here's the skinny:
Title: "Sociolinguistic Variation in the American Black Deaf Community: An Introduction to the Status of Past and Current Research"
Jounral: Journal of Undergradaute Interpreting Studies
Access: http://www.northeastern.edu/juis/journal/2012issue/
UALR News Story: http://ualr.edu/www/2012/11/05/journal-to-publish-undergrads-research/

The above is a link to a story about what current Donaghey Scholars are doing at my alma mater, UALR. One of the students mentioned in this blog, Nora, was in my Advanced Persuasive Writing class last spring. She is a doll, so friendly, polite, and blindingly intelligent. I sense that with her iron will, double major, and fluency in Arabic, French, and English, she will do incredible things in this world.

I think it's incredible to have such motivated, active youth at our university- not only in the Donaghey program, but in every single college. I am glad to be able to spend as much of my time as I do around people who are exciting about asking questions and finding answers.


Cheers

Welcome!

Hello and welcome to my humble blog,

I hope that you will take the time to navigate to the Bio and Selected Works pages to view more information about my work and research. On the Bio page you will find information about my education background, interpreting credentials, and work to date. On the Selected Works page, you will find links to papers I have written on literary and linguistic analysis. Should you have any questions about anything you find, or do not find for that matter, please feel free to contact me through this blog or through my email: cjbrockway@ualr.edu. Once more, welcome and thank you for visiting.

Warm regards,

Clint Brockway