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Check out the rest of this mini-series if you missed them last week! Part One: Introduction to Journaling Part Two: Nature Writing Travel Writing Just as Nature Writing implies going out into nature before writing about it, Travel Writing involves embarking on some kind of adventure. It is not necessary to go far, either: this …
Check out Part One: Introduction to Journaling if you missed it on Tuesday! Nature Writing This form of journaling often involves going out into nature, rather than sitting in the comfort of our homes. Although experiencing nature is essential to nature writing, it is not necessary to do all of your writing outside: even taking …
Introduction to Journaling I very much enjoyed our last mini-series on Giving a Presentation, so I decided that we’d do another one: this time we’re focusing on Journaling. Journaling as a way of writing is excellent for documenting the world around us, to remind ourselves of significant events, and to share our thoughts with other …
I love taking pictures. Photographs are a wonderful way to capture a moment. We can frame them to suit how we want to remember the occasion, and how we want others to view the subject as well. But photographs can also detract from being “in the moment.” When I was younger, I traveled to the …
I recently got into a heated debate over the notion of privilege. My opinion was that I come from a privileged family because we have the opportunity to do so many things and we are aware of everything that is available. My opposition’s opinion was that privilege is something that royalty has because it was …
Amusingly, the day after this comic was published, the same thing happened to me (I’ll wait while you click on the link and take the ten seconds to be amused by the comic): I bumped into a classmate, we talked for a short while, then said goodbye… and realized we were both going to the …
Check out the rest of this mini series if you’ve missed the previous sessions! Part One: Introduction to Public Speaking Part Two: Preparing and Researching the Speech Part Three: How to Design Your Speech Part Four: Tips on Speech Delivery Rhetorical Appeals There are three main rhetorical appeals: ethos, logos, and pathos. Ethos refers to …
Check out the rest of this mini series if you’ve missed the previous sessions! Part One: Introduction to Public Speaking Part Two: Preparing and Researching the Speech Part Three: Speech Design Speech Delivery Now that your speech has been constructed and you have a solid understanding of your topic, it’s time to think about the …
Check out the rest of this mini series if you missed them last week! Part One: Introduction to Public Speaking Part Two: Preparing and Researching the Speech Speech Design After having researched your speech so that you have a working knowledge of the subject and can properly format it into a good quality presentation, it’s …
Check out Part One: Introduction to Public Speaking if you missed it on Tuesday! Preparing and Researching the Speech Before the actual act of presenting the speech, preparing for it is essential. Ideally, you want to know your speech so well that you could easily talk about the subject for twice as long as the …
Introduction to Public Speaking Presentations and communicating from behind a podium are something of a rarity. Unless you’re a political figure or have made a breakthrough in your field of study, it is entirely possible for you to spend you entire life dodging that terrifying thing known as giving a presentation. One of the courses …
What constitutes a sell-out? In my Rhetorics of Identity class, we have been discussing the concept of participatory culture. This is the notion that we all are involved in the culture around us, and we can’t help it. Even if we don’t buy into a product, because we are aware of it and we understand …
Pyramid of Giza vs. Pyramid at Cahokia. Kenneth Burke says that we see the world through terminological screens and that every act of selection is an act of reflection but also an act of deflection. When we focus on the beauty, size, and brilliance of the Great Pyramid of Giza, we neglect to look at …
I stumbled across this at my university yesterday: Doors leading into Lockhart Hall I found this to be incredibly compelling. I’m not sure what inspired someone to write the words “Hate” and “Love” on the tops of these double doors. Probably it is much the same as what inspires people to write on bathroom walls …
I cringe when people misspell words on purpose. “Kewl” instead of “cool,” “nite” instead of “night”… there’s no real need to misspell these words. They aren’t so much shorter that it saves time (the former might actually take longer to scrawl out, if writing by hand), and to me it just seems to butcher the …