Understanding Rhetoric: A Graphic Guide to Writing

Introduction : Spaces for writing ; Discovering contexts for writing ; Going boldly through writing processes ; Exploring visual literacy ; reframe : why rhetoric? why a comic book? -- Issue 1 : Why rhetoric? ; Piecing together a definition of rhetoric ; Reanimating ancient views of rhetoric ; Setting rhetorical concepts loose on the world ; reframe : what does Aristotle have to do with me? -- Issue 2 : Strategic reading ; Investigating texts and analyzing meaning ; Putting the pieces together with synthesis ; Using reading strategies ; Imagining ideal readers ; reframe ; how do I read this? -- Issue 3 : Writing identities ; Leaping into identities in writing ; Trying out choices for different audiences ; Revealing the performer within the text ; reframe ; what's my identity? -- Issue 4 : Argument beyond pro and con ; Spotlighting strategies for argument ; Setting the scene for arguable assertions ; Zooming in on claims and evidence ; Focusing on effective organization ; reframe ; the office hour! -- Issue 5 : Research : more than detective work ; Keeping the story straight ; Tracking down sources ; Deciding which sources to trust ; Making sources talk : summary, paraphrase, quotation ; Coming clean with citation ; reframe ; get a clue! -- Issue 6 : Rethinking revision ; Looking beyond the red ink ; Reviewing rhetorically ; Seeing through others' eyes ; Revising radically ; reframe ; am I missing something? -- Issue 7 : Going public ; Launching into the future of genres ; Navigating among media ; Entering the final frontier with publication ; reframe ; how does this look?.