EmpoWord - A Student-Centered Anthology & Handbook for College Writers, 2018a

How to Use This Book
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Table of Contents – Readings (continued)
Skills or Rhetorical
Modes Showcased
“Student Veterans and Their Struggle with Higher Education”
by Bryant Calli
It’s not that I’m not proud of it, or even that I am ashamed of
anything I have done; it’s because I don’t want to feel any more
singled out than I already do. I also find that people either have
strong feelings against the military or simply have no
understanding of what myself or other veterans have gone
through. I try to avoid hearing questions like, “Did you know
anyone who died?” or, “Have you killed anyone?” After
spending years always surrounded by military personnel and
within a unique culture, it is very difficult to relate to and want to
be around college students.
Argumentation
Rhetorical appeals
Interacting with
Sources
Thesis (Claim of
phenomenon)
Evidence (Quote,
paraphrase,
summarize)
Citation
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“Our Town” from This American Life
by Ira Glass and Miki Meek
“It was really striking talking to them—how the arrival of these
Latino workers blew the minds of the local workers, turned their
world upside down. But the Mexican workers didn’t have any of
that. They didn’t have a lot of emotions about their white
coworkers, didn’t spend a lot of time thinking or worrying about
them.”
Research
Concepts
Inquiry-based
research
Ongoing conversation
Multipartiality
Interacting with
Sources
Thesis (Claim of
phenomenon)
Evidence (primary
sources)
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“The Unfinished Battle in the Capital of the Confederacy” from
Code Switch
hosted by Shereen Marisol Meraji and Gene Demby
“A few people have pointed out—notably, historian Kevin
Cruz—the irony of the alt-right descending on Charlotesville,
ostensibly to defend the statue of Robert E. Lee, but creating
this universe in which the statues are so radioactive that it
almost sped up their being taken down in a lot of places.”
Research
Concepts
Ongoing conversation
Interacting with
Sources
Thesis (Claim of
phenomenon and
policy)
Evidence (Quote,
paraphrase,
summarize)
Evidence (primary
sources)
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