Recent rhetorical scholarship suggests a new focus on qualitative theories of human communication. Explores the implications of three general emphases for future inquiry: (1) rules research, (2) constructivism, and (3) constructionism. (PD)

Identifies the additions, deletions, and changes in the reprinted versions of King's classic speech. (Serves both as a warning that published speeches cannot be depended upon to preserve the original text and as a source of reference for teachers using Dr. King.s speech in classroom study.) (PD)

Presents a series of exercises designed to provide freshman composition students with a base for analyzing works rhetorically, to point out how language can be used persuasively, and to illustrate how satire functions. (FL)

Points out that the functions of rhetoric in the classroom--synthesis, discovery, arrangement, persuasion, and memory--provide a starting point and a perspective from which to examine the epistemic claims of rhetoric. (PD)

Examines the fiction of Zane Grey and its appeal to high school students. (RL)

Describes a course taught in 1980 to train college students to be intelligent critics of presidential primaries. Focused on primaries in New York and adjoining states. (PD)

Suggests that feminism is at the heart of a profound revolution in both the intellectual as well as the political sphere and that feminist criticism reveals the literary classics as newly vital. (AEA)

Offers a list of questions for teachers to ask their literature classes, including questions on the author, the style, the theme, the setting, and the plot. Notes how sequencing these questions can prepare students for other activities in literature appreciation. (RL)

Suggests ways of getting students involved in the study of poetry: (1) showing how poetic elements appear in everyday life, (2) using demonstrations and gimmicks to generate enthusiasm, (3) starting with contemporary poetry before examining the "classics" and "masterpieces," and (4) having students practice writing poems. (RL)

Proposes that arguments used popularly in religious controversies are historically stable and that the rhetorical critic's attention to topics or sources of reference ("topoi") for argumentation enhances the analysis of such controversies. Examines the Catholic debate over vernacular reform and emphasizes the relatively narrow range of "topoi"…

Offers teachers of upper elementary grade students practical guidelines for learning how their students respond to literature and how to use this information in the classroom. (HTH)

Illustrates use of the vocabulary-in-context and the question-and-answer exercises to enhance reading and understanding of literary texts for advanced high school second language classes. Suggests these exercises prepare students to progress from written exercises to the teacher's oral presentations to classroom discussions. (Author/BK)

Examines the STOP ERA movement in terms of the images of its opponents and supporters, the ideological framework indicated by these images, and the rhetorical implications of these images. Concludes that the reaffirmation of traditional perspectives and the appeal to the need for personal security make it rhetorically effective. (JMF)

Lists 157 significant titles relevant to speech literature of the South for the year 1977 in the following areas: public address--bibliography, history and culture, and practitioners; theater--history, bibliography, and criticism; speech education; and mass communication--educational/instructional, history/bibliography, programming/criticism,…

Examines the rhetoric surrounding the racial slur and forced resignation of Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz. Argues that the rhetoric celebrated a social ritual which demonstrated the double standard existing in the United States between public and private morality, thereby preserving American cultural racism. (JMF)