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This section features the writing assignments required for this course. Each assignment is due during the class session indicated below. (Note: Not all class sessions have assignments.)

A Note on Critical Reflections

Buy at Amazon These assignments are based on the text A World of Ideas, abbreviated below as IDEAS (Jacobus, Lee A. A World of Ideas: Essential Reading for College Writers. 7th ed. Boston, MA: Bedford/Saint Martin's, 2005. ISBN: 9780312437176.)

Students were required to turn in a total of three critical reflections only. Only the first critical reflection was mandatory; the second and third ones were turned in depending on which critical reflections each student chose. The guidelines for the critical reflections are provided below in Ses #4 and apply to all subsequent reflections.

SES # ASSIGNMENTS
Introductions to Each Other and Plato
2 Speech of Self-Introduction (PDF)
Rhetoric
4 1st Critical Reflection (PDF): Write an essay (500-750 words, ~2-3 double-spaced pages) on one of the following "Suggestions for Writing" in IDEAS about Plato's "Cave": 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 (p. 454).
8 Major Essay 1: Sophist Essay (PDF)
Rhetoric and Ethics
9 Mandatory Revision of Major Essay 1
Rhetoric and Government
10 Critical Reflection: Write an essay (500-750 words) on one of the following "Suggestions for Writing" in IDEAS: 1, 2, 3, and 4 (pp. 50-51).
11 Critical Reflection: Write an essay (500-750 words) on one of the following "Suggestions for Writing" in IDEAS: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (pp. 72-73).
12 Critical Reflection: Write an essay (500-750 words) on one of the following "Suggestions for Writing" in IDEAS: 1 or 3 (p. 97).
13

Critical Reflection: Write an essay (500-750 words) on one of the following "Suggestions for Writing" in IDEAS:

  • For Jefferson 3, 4, or 5 (p. 82)
  • For Stanton 1, 4, 5, or 6 (pp. 168-169)
Rhetoric and Justice
14 Major Essay 2 (PDF)
15 Critical Reflection: Write an essay (500-750 words) on one of the following "Suggestions for Writing" in IDEAS: 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 (pp. 157-158).
16 Mandatory Revision of Major Essay 2
17 Critical Reflection: Write an essay (500-750 words) on one of the following "Suggestions for Writing" in IDEAS: 1, 2, or 4 (pp. 190-191).
Rhetoric and Ethics (cont.)
18 Critical Reflection: Write an essay (500-750 words) on one of the following "Suggestions for Writing" in IDEAS: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 (pp. 222).
19 Critical Reflection: Write an essay (500-750 words) on one of the following "Suggestions for Writing" in IDEAS: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 (pp. 205).
20 Major Essay 3 (PDF)
22

Mandatory Revision of Major Essay 3

Critical Reflection: Write an essay (500-750 words) on one of the following "Suggestions for Writing" in IDEAS: 1, 2, 3, 5, or 6 (pp. 818-819).
23 Critical Reflection: Write an essay (500-750 words) on one of the following "Suggestions for Writing" in IDEAS: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 (pp. 725-726).
Rhetoric and Oral Presentations
24 Optional Revision of Major Essay 2
24-27 Final Persuasive Speech (PDF)
25 Typed Version of Final Persuasive Speech (PDF)
27 Optional Revision of Major Essay 3