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October 6, 2014

Academic Argument as Process

Kathi R. Griffin, Instructor of English and Director of the Richard Wright Center for Writing, Rhetoric, and Research – Jackson State University During our first discussion of a reading in Comp I this fall, a student asserted, “I’m entitled to my opinion!” and his classmates whipped their heads in my direction: “Yes, you are,” I said, and they relaxed, “but,” […]

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October 2, 2014

The Problem with “Winning” in Academic Argument

Amber Nichols-Buckley, Instructor of Writing 100/101, Department of Writing and Rhetoric, University of Mississippi Academic writing is often described as a kind of conversation…This metaphor of writing as conversation has several strengths.  It highlights the social aspects of intellectual work, the ways in which academic writing responds to the texts and ideas of others.  It suggests that the goal of […]

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