Revising and Editing Academic Papers Revision and Reality The best way to ensure a higher grade on any writing assignment is to revise and edit each draft. While it has been said that writing “never ends,” the reality is that we face deadlines as writers and students. Deadlines limit us…
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Rhetorical Analysis Steps in Rhetorical Analysis Identify the question being addressed Identify the author’s purpose Observe diction, syntax, examples (anecdotes), structure, and persona Evaluate the effectiveness of strategies at conveying the questions and meeting the author’s purpose Categories of Questions at Issue These are also known as Stasis Questions. Fact…
Rhetoric is the art of testing ideas with people who share our questions. It involves not merely the language we use but all the decisions we make and how to communicate effectively with others. Dictionary Definition: From the American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000: (N) 1a.…
What’s a rubric? The standard definition of a rubric is a category or set of categories. In education, we sometimes call a grading matrix a rubric. This matrix is a table of measured areas, criteria for mastery, and evaluation scale. Unlike grading a multiple-choice exam, evaluating writing is always somewhat…
Information for Educators We are compiling information of use to educators, recognizing that teaching either English grammar or writing is never easy. We hope to address issues of lesson preparation, learning theory, and student evaluations. As with the other Tameri Guides, we understand some will disagree with our choices and…
‘Academic’ Language Abuse Trying to sound smart often sounds silly Most words on this list are “real” and serve a purpose, but they ended up trendy in academic journals. Once a word is trendy it becomes an academic buzzword, expected in the texts of some disciplines. The resulting academic prose…
“I need to read 100 books this year,” our daughter declared at the start of her kindergarten year. At first, I thought this was a misunderstanding, but it wasn’t. Our local elementary school uses the Accelerated Reader (AR) program. They count books read. They check the levels and log them.…