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Zachary C. Beare; Marcus Meade – College Composition and Communication, 2015
Through an analysis of student writing and interviews, this article examines hyperbole as a neglected rhetorical device. The authors trouble notions of hyperbole as error and argue for a--reconceptualization of hyperbole as potentially highly communicative and able to convey emotional tone, passion, and significance while maintaining brevity.
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Discourse Analysis, Rhetoric, Writing Strategies
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Cushman, Ellen – College Composition and Communication, 2008
Scholars in rhetoric and composition have explored political issues of identity and language for some time; however, we have only begun to develop an understanding of why the identity politics of Native scholars are so different from other scholars of color and whites. Native scholars take considerable risks in composing identities--they can face…
Descriptors: Rhetoric, American Indians, Political Issues, Identification (Psychology)