Splinder

About me Rhetoric 1302 focuses on critical thinking by using an integrated approach to writing that teaches various rhetorical strategies for reading and constructing arguments, both written and visual. Students learn to read texts critically according to key components in argumentative discourse (i.e., claims, grounds, explicit and implicit assumptions, fallacies, etc.) and to recognize the different purposes of argument (i.e., to inquire, to convince, to persuade, to negotiate). Students write and revise several papers based on issues and controversies raised in the various texts read during the semester. Assignments provide extensive practice in reading critically and writing according to the rhetorical conventions of an argumentative essay. Course utilizes computer technology extensively.