PWR 03-04/05
Winter 2002
Marvin Diogenes/Alyssa J. O’Brien
Stanford University
Assignment:
Proposed Research Topic on Comic Rhetoric of your Choice
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Information about the
Research-Based Essay:
The research-based argument should examine the use and effectiveness of
comic appeals in a particular rhetoric of your choice.
Possible topics include the social uses of laughter and comic
rhetoric, the shared strategies of certain comic writers, an in-depth
analysis of a particular writer’s work, the development or growth of a
comic genre, and the way in which comic persuasion can address a specific
social issue.
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Research Topics: Due
Monday, February 4, 2002
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1 page, typed, (2) copies.
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Type your name, the course
and section number (PWR3-04 or PWR3-05), the date, and the instructor name in
the upper left corner.
In composing your Research Topic
page, answer the following questions:
I plan to
write about _____________________________________________________(X).
I’m
interested in X because _________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________.
I already
know this about X: ______________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________.
I want to
know more about X :
-- in terms
of X’s rhetorical strategies:
___________________________________________________________________.
-- in terms
of the historical/cultural/political/social context of (what led to X):
____________________________________________________________________.
-- in terms
of the effects or social purpose of X:
_____________________________________________________________________.
At this
point, I think that the following will be interesting or important sources of
information and analysis for X:
______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________.
Go to Research Proposal Assignment.
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