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GRAHAM CENTRE HOME D.K. Seaman Chair in Communication COURSE & PROGRAM INFORMATION FOR UNDERGRADUATES Undergraduate Option in Communication Courses in Rhetoric & Communication  RCM 300 (Formerly GE 300) Course Site What Students Say about Studying Communication and Rhetoric Special Projects in Rhetoric and Communication COURSE & PROGRAM INFORMATION FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS Preparing for Grad Study Communication Grad Study at the Graham Centre MA and PhD Projects  in Rhetoric and Communication Graduate Course Descriptions Graduate Student Who's Who and Contact Information Resources for Grad Students Grad Student Links    What is Rhetoric? Rhetoric and Communication News Jen's Rhetoric Hall of Fame Upcoming Talks, Seminars, Workshops Archive of Recent Talks Rhetoric & Communication Links Send a message to: Dr. Jennifer MacLennan, D.K. Seaman Chair  in Professional and Technical Communication and Academic Director of the Graham Centre Burton Urquhart, Instructor and Program Administrator for the Graham Centre

Sample Answers for Short Assignments The samples aren't intended to display THE answers to the questions on the assignments; instead, they’re just some of my suggestions for how you might have tackled these questions (or, more accurately, how I might have answered them). Don’t despair if you didn’t say exactly the same things I said; this isn’t an exercise in guessing the answer I would have given, since there's usually more than one way to read the text, and to defend that reading. The short assignments are an exercise in reading sensitively and being able to explain why you are reading the artifact the way you are. And it’s about amplifying your answers sufficiently, and not taking your assumptions for granted. Remember: rhetorical criticism is a "special kind of reason-giving discourse" that is intended to help us understand how a particular artifact, and how rhetoric in general, operates. Sample Answers to Questions on Brian Johnson's  "Return to Woodyland" Wayne C. Booth's "Art Ignores Audience" Tennessee Williams' "Streetcar Named Success" (click here for WP version) Air-Zone, "Why to Buy Your Ozone Generator from a US Company" (click here for WP version)

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