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Praxis: A Brief Rhetoric
Praxis
A Brief Rhetoric
Praxis takes the rich history of rhetoric and applies it to everyday writing situations students encounter in the university, work, home, and beyond. It informs students of the language of historical rhetoric, including terms such as kairos, ethos, pathos, and logos . Then, it applies this useful vocabulary to modern day issues such as airline travelers being stranded on runways, the rights of smokers and non-smokers, and global warming.
Praxis is written for instructors who have essentially the same practical goals as Aristotle and other Rhetors who taught in ancient Greece—to help their students improve their composition skills and by doing so, increase confidence in their ability to handle any occasion for writing. Praxis moves the student from theory to practical reason to action!
Features Praxis – to specify practical reasoning, for which the goal is action.
A Brief Rhetoric
Praxis takes the rich history of rhetoric and applies it to everyday writing situations students encounter in the university, work, home, and beyond. It informs students of the language of historical rhetoric, including terms such as kairos, ethos, pathos, and logos . Then, it applies this useful vocabulary to modern day issues such as airline travelers being stranded on runways, the rights of smokers and non-smokers, and global warming.
Praxis is written for instructors who have essentially the same practical goals as Aristotle and other Rhetors who taught in ancient Greece—to help their students improve their composition skills and by doing so, increase confidence in their ability to handle any occasion for writing. Praxis moves the student from theory to practical reason to action!
Features Praxis – to specify practical reasoning, for which the goal is action.
210 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2011
About the author
Carol Lea Clark
80 booksUniversity of Texas at El Paso, Associate Professor of English
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in English--Rhetoric and Composition Studies, Texas Christian University, 1993.
M.A. in English Composition, California State University at San Bernardino, 1991.
M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology, University of Houston, 1974.
B.A. in English and Psychology, Rice University, 1972.
Fulbright Lecturing Award in Jordan, September 2008 to June 2009
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in English--Rhetoric and Composition Studies, Texas Christian University, 1993.
M.A. in English Composition, California State University at San Bernardino, 1991.
M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology, University of Houston, 1974.
B.A. in English and Psychology, Rice University, 1972.
Fulbright Lecturing Award in Jordan, September 2008 to June 2009
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June 1, 2019
Great for a 101 English Composition course! :)
November 19, 2013
It's a good resource and gets the job done.
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