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Monday, October 10, 2016

Class #9: Monday, October 10, 2016

CLASS: my story, cite vs. attribute, Fact and Opinion/Quality Evaluation lectures, Informal #4 review & discussion, Stanford rape




BRING: all your notes/writing for both the debates and today's informal essay with you to class. Wednesday class will be held in USC 245. Please be prompt.

STUDY: Hacker Clarity section beginning on page 125.

WRITE: Watch these videos from Cage the Elephant & Modest Mouse (respectively). See how the videos' directors (Issac Rentz & Chris Milk) uses visual language to communicate theme. In many ways, "visual rhetoric" works the same as "compositional rhetoric."

Choose one of the two videos to work with. Or, choose a common element found in each and consider both as comparison/contrast.

Informal Writing #5 will be an ANALYSIS PAPER. First, begin by analyzing the theme or central idea of the piece. How is this communicated in both broad and subtle ways? How, specifically, is metaphor used? How do the visuals work with the song itself (lyrics available online). Consider an "exemplary moment" and "horizon of expectation."

Use direct reference to either the song or visuals in the video. APA citations for the videos are provided for you below the videos. No other sources are required for this assignment, but if you would like to use one, be sure to cite and attribute. 





Rentz, Issac. [CageTheElephantVEVO]. (2011, January 20). Shake Me Down. [Video File].        Retrieved from https://youtu.be/v27TRan1SBI

Milk, Chris. [ModestMouseVEVO]. (2009, October 3). Ocean Breathes Salty. [Video File]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/TPhnOKmhbBw

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