APELC Class Notes
APELCers, today I asked you to add to your notes with definitions of discourse, speech and text event, and parts of the rhetorical triangle. I attempted to use Barack Obama’s inauguration speech as an example text that we could frame with the rhetorical triangle, but it was too distant in the past for most of your memories, so I took out a standby from last year which most of you knew (if not liked), Katy Perry’s “Hot N Cold”. (It wasn’t my favorite either, but it worked for our purposes.) The question of audience came up: Who’s the intended audience of the song, a nameless subject in the song itself or the general listening public? I’ll say something of private and public text next time we meet.
Students also began to sign-up for revision conferences. There’re still many of you that need to choose a slot, and they’re limited now. I’ll leave a copy of the sign-up sheet on the extra computer cart where you can sign-up for what times that remain.
I’ve asked you also to select a text for outside reading. Any non-fiction book should do, but here’re two reading lists that might help you make a decision if you’re coming up empty:
- The Modern Library list of the 100 best nonfiction
- Sue Silverman’s list of contemporary literary nonfiction
I’d like you to have made a selection by the end of the week, and I’d like to you to bring the book with you to each class meeting. See me if you have any questions.