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I talk a lot about my philosophy of eating real food and avoiding processed “food.” I think that the majority of the time I do a fairly good job of living this philosophy, as well. But every now and then I come up against food which I have a tough time defining. What do we …
The results of last week’s G20 summit have been summarized, discussed, and analyzed at length across a variety of mediums over the past few days. It’s worth taking a look at how the strategies of the rhetoric used at the summit effected change within it. One of the biggest changes resulted from President Barack Obama’s …
One of my classes this year is entitled Studies in the Rhetorics of Non Fiction. Specifically, the focus is Writing on the Environment. Writing on the Environment, or Nature Writing, as it is also called, often brings to mind two styles of writing: first, the intensity of, for example, a Greenpeace report; and second, the …
“The gym” can mean many things. A place to de-stress, socialize, exercise, or be tortured. Take your pick. Sometimes it’s a combination of all of those. This year, it has taken on an additional meaning for me: a place to study. Being in the department of rhetoric, I have an abundance of readings from all …
Go watch this 30-second anti-smoking video. In this video, a man and a woman see each other in a social situation and eye each other from across the room. The man works up the courage to go over to the woman, and he leans over to say something in her ear. As he leans over, …
Yesterday I conducted a blogging workshop for the staff at The Uniter. The Uniter is the weekly journal that I write a health column for and do a bit of editing with. When I first offered to host the blogging workshop, I didn’t really have any set ideas in mind about what I would talk …
Now that university classes have once again commenced, it’s time to bring out the notebooks and pens and fervently write down every. single. thing. the professor says. Writing lecture notes is a fundamental part of attending university. Running yourself into the ground isn’t going to help anyone, though, so it’s useful to do a little …
Since I have decided to eat a vegan diet for the month of September (the reasons for which can be found at Living Healthy in the Real World), I have received a lot of congratulations. Good for you. That’s really impressive. I could never do that. A friend of mine—who is supportive of my vegan …
The rant is one of my favourite rhetorical genres. Rant genre is characterized by a unique set of qualities that instantly capture attention and can really mesmerize an audience. Often the response that the rhetorician receives after embarking on a rant is either exasperated or amused, but people tend to really listen to a rant. …
Cell phones and social networking sites have been on the rise for the past few years now, but suddenly they are really taking off. With a large scale Twitter following and the development of newer, better cell phones and the iPhone, it sometimes seems as though we can’t go a day without relying on these …
I am out of the country for the week, so a fellow blogger has kindly lent me two of her blog posts (the first of which was published here at Living Rhetorically on Tuesday). Hanlie blogs at Fertile Healthy; this post was originally published at her blog on August 18th. There are a lot of …
I am out of the country this week, so a fellow blogger has kindly lent me two of her excellent blog posts—the second of which will be published here at Living Rhetorically this Thursday—regarding the labels we give ourselves and others. Hanlie blogs at Fertile Healthy. This post was originally published at her website on …
Affect vs. Effect My managing editor at The Uniter (hi Stacy!) mentioned earlier this week that she often stumbles over these two words when writing a piece, and I have to say that I agree. The English language is full of words such as affect and effect. I really like both of these words and …
Up until the past few years, I wrote fiction religiously. Electronic copies of novels, short stories, and poems fill ancient floppy disks; the hard copies are stacked in boxes, binders, and folders. I’ve gone through piles of paper, weeks and months of work, and have subjected friends and family to read my work for their …
A colon is a punctuation mark and, much like the comma, it works to organize sentences and break everything down for coherency purposes. Colons are most commonly used in the following ways: 1. To bring attention to a specific point: the colon draws the eye and allows some breathing space in between each part of …