Rhetoric & Composition Connections

This Tumblr page collects interesting articles, videos, images, etc. related to anything rhetoric & composition--from the serious to the humorous. Created by Erin M. Breaux, MA Instructor of English (2014-Present)

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Handwriting: an elegy

As more and more of our words are tapped out on keyboards, writing by hand has become an endangered species

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America Needs 'Y'all'

English has no standard second-person plural word, and it’s time for that to change.

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Skim reading is the new normal. The effect on society is profound | Maryanne Wolf

When the reading brain skims texts, we don’t have time to grasp complexity, to understand another’s feelings or to perceive beauty. We n

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Millennials Are Out-Reading Older Generations

But younger Americans value library services less than more senior cohorts, study finds.

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Skim reading is the new normal. The effect on society is profound | Maryanne Wolf

When the reading brain skims texts, we don’t have time to grasp complexity, to understand another’s feelings or to perceive beauty. We n

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Pompeo cracks down, on improper use, of commas at State Department

Iran, North Korea, Syria and ... commas. While Mike Pompeo is focused on a number of key geopolitical concerns, an email obtained by CNN sug

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