Category: Unused Topics from Past Semesters
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Text As A New Meaning
Examining the word Text as not a simple term we once knew. The word text can be broadened thanks to individuals that study text and rhetoric.
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Understanding Rhetorical “Text”
To understand digital text, “text” needs to be broken down. Eyman’s “Defining and Locating Digital Rhetoric” helps explain its meaning.
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Evolution of the term “text”
In this excerpt, you will learn how the term “text” has been changed from a limited term to a much broader term throughout the years.
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Text within Digital Rhetoric
Analyzing and understanding the role of text within digital rhetoric. Looking at the aspect of text in social media and blog writing.
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Text: The Objects We Read Into
Text can be read and interpreted in many forms other than just written. How do we read objects and assign meaning to them?
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Communication Through Text
Defining and understanding the complexity of communication through text and applying it to what we do in our everyday lives.
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Orality & Literacy : The Ong Theory
Orality and Literacy is a very broad topic that has been studied by grammarians and linguists for centuries. Wong Ong gives interesting insight about this.
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Writing is a Conscious Decision
Writing is a conscious decision that we make. The influence of written, print and oral culture influence our communication.
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Primary and Secondary Orality
Speaking is an action that can be identified in every environment. Yet, not many know how to identify the different kinds of speech.
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Rhetoric: Language and Communication
Rhetoric has had many explain and develop its understanding into new ideas and concepts. As such, communication has also developed greatly.
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In Defense of Sound
The sound of student writing tells us more than the content alone. Reading text aloud brings life to the words and helps teachers respond.
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New Media Slang Vs. Old Media Slang
Old media and new media has definitely evolved due to the change in technology. Slang is also more common in today’s society.
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Secondary Orality: Applying What We Know to Multimedia “Texts”
Orality is the quality of how we communicate verbally. Does secondary orality through multimedia platforms impact our communication?
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Oral Versus Written Communication
Defining oral and written communication in our everyday life; the benefits and dangers of using either form of communication.