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Lehman Alumni
I like to welcome students with this slideshow on the first day of class. Because many of my students are first-generation college students, it’s particularly important to me that they feel proud of their school and confident in their decision to attend.
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Kairos in Action: Horror Movies
To be successful in our communications, we must learn how to extrapolate the values and fears of our audiences. This slideshow offers examples of successful horror movies that managed to do that.
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Ads for Rhetorical Analysis
Marketing executives play on cultural values and beliefs to stimulate desire. Analyzing advertisements is therefore a fairly reliable way to gauge the emotional climate of American life.
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“The Language in Question” by Benjamin Garcia
Written by young Mexican-American poet Benjamin Garcia, “The Language in Question” is the perfect poem to open discussion on language prejudice. The poem’s political commentary begins with its title; the “language in question” is English because, as the speaker goes on to suggest, no matter the context, English is never not in question. English is, as the…
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Finding & Writing from a New Lead
One of the most important insights from “Shitty 1st Drafts” by Anne Lamott is the generative potential of experimenting with new leads. Students will be able to locate several potential leads in this student draft and see how writing with a different focus adds richness to the material.