Introduction: Spaces for Writing Discovering Contexts for Writing
Going Boldly Through Writing Processes
Exploring Visual Literacy
ReFrame: Why Rhetoric? Why a
Comic Book?
1) Why Rhetoric? Piecing Together a Definition of Rhetoric
Reanimating Ancient Views of Rhetoric
Exploring Rhetorical Concepts
ReFrame: What Does Aristotle Have to Do with Me?
2) Reading Strategically Finding Secret Meanings with Critical Analysis
Putting the Pieces Together with Synthesi
Using Reading Strategies to Find and Follow Clues
Imagining the Plans of Ideal Readers
ReFrame: How Do I Read This?
3) Writing Identities Leaping into Identities in Writing
Trying Out Choices for Different Audiences
Revealing the Performer Within the Text
ReFrame: WhatÕs My Identity?
4) Argument Beyond Pro and Con Spotlighting Strategies for Argument
Setting the Scene for Arguable Assertions
Zooming in on Persuasive Argument
Focusing on Effective Organization
ReFrame: The Office Hour!
5) Research: More Than Detective Work Keeping the Story Straight
Tracking Down Sources
Deciding Which Sources to Trust
Making Sources Talk: Summary, Paraphrase, Quotation
ReFrame: Wrong Turns and Shortcuts
6) Rethinking Revision Looking Beyond the Red Ink
Reviewing Rhetorically
Seeing Through Others' Eyes
Revising Radically
ReFrame: Am I Missing Something?
7) Going Public Seeing the Future of Genres
Moving among Media
Entering the Final Frontier with Publication
ReFrame: How Does This Look?
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