Wednesday and welcome to spring 2015
Chilly out. Are you on Facebook? Terpweather and Capital Weather Gang are my go-to places for local weather information.
A round up of science news sources on the web:
Logos/Pathos/Ethos
Start by skimming this Atlantic article (can you see the claim, the support, and the analysis?): subject Joy!
TAKE-AWAYS: for today, get a feel for logos/pathos/ethos within science and social contexts; consider genre/document type and publication platforms. For Friday, prepare for introduction to stasis theory.
PEDAGOGY NOTE: I want you to quickly get a feel for our rhetorical vocabulary and the language of composition. Why? This is how we analyze thinking and writing, of other and of ourselves. We also, with this class posting will talk about reading. Yes, reading. You have been formed largely with reading in response to literature. We need to read differently, for non fiction writing, for learning, and for professional contexts. See this brief overview at OWL Purdue.
Marybeth Shea