Writing and Pedagogy
Jun 2011
Teaching Writing and Civic Literacy
Kate Kessler
James Madison University
Abstract
Writing pedagogy and civic literacy can form an interactive, interdisciplinary partnership beneficial to students. Students learn to compare the classical rhetorical genres of epideictic, forensic, and deliberative rhetoric to modern ceremonial, judicial, and legislative rhetorical genres. Elements essential to writing pedagogy – ethos, logos, pathos, claims, warrants, and enthymemes – become meaningful as students engage in civic-themed reading and writing assignments designed for first-year composition. Writing pedagogy enriched with a civic literacy motif encourages students to practice writing to authentic audiences for genuine civic purposes.
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- Writing and Pedagogy
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- 2011-06-29
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- 10.1558/wap.v3i1.113
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