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J.K. Rowling's Commencement Address in 2008
J.K. Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter book series, delivers her Commencement Address, “The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination,” at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association. Text as delivered follows. Copyright of JK Rowling, June 2008 President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, prou..
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Jeff Bezos's Graduation Speech at Princeton
As a kid, I spent my summers with my grandparents on their ranch in Texas. I helped fix windmills, vaccinate cattle, and do other chores. We also watched soap operas every afternoon, especially "Days of our Lives." My grandparents belonged to a Caravan Club, a group of Airstream trailer owners who travel together around the U.S. and Canada. And every few summers, we'd join the caravan. We'd hitc..
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Oprah Winfrey's 2008 Stanford Commencement Address
Thank you, President Hennessy, and to the trustees and the faculty, to all of the parents and grandparents, to you, the Stanford graduates. Thank you for letting me share this amazing day with you. I need to begin by letting everyone in on a little secret. The secret is that Kirby Bumpus, Stanford Class of '08, is my goddaughter. So, I was thrilled when President Hennessy asked me to be your Com..
2018.01.03 -
The Rhetoric of a Political Podcast
Kevin (Kyoo Sang) JoProfessor Ellen QuandahlRWS 602 Research Project14 May 2014 The Rhetoric of Political Podcasts: A Generic Description of “Naneun Ggomsuda”IntroductionIn December 2012, the presidential election was one of the most important events in the political history in South Korea. It was the significant milestone that selected either the extension of the vested regime, which set democr..
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Composing and Reading Images
Kevin (Kyoo Sang) JoProfessor Ellen QuandahlRWS 602 Weekly Paper 6March 5, 2014 For March 5, I ask you to do the project that Harris lays out on page 76. That is, when you’ve completed the readings, choose the one that most appeals to you and do the work of defining its project and its approach Defining the projectHistorically, scholarship in rhetoric and technical communication viewed images a..
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Composition Pedagogies
Kevin (Kyoo Sang) JoProfessor Ellen QuandahlRWS 602 Weekly Paper 5February 26, 2014 1.Author: Peter Elbow and David Bartholomae 2.Title: Being a Writer vs. Being an Academic: A conflict in Goals (Peter)Writing With Teachers: A Conversation with Peter Elbow (David)Interchages (David and Peter) 3.Publication info: College Composition and Communication 46.1 (1995) 4.Project: Debate about composi..
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