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What should I call you? I prefer David or Dave, but students uncomfortable with first names can call me Professor or Mister Hodges. My ESL students' charming solution, "Mister David" is my favorite by far.

Types of Causal Arguments

Posted on March 27, 2014 by davidbdale

In the post for Assignment A10: Causal Argument, I’ve provided several of you specific recommendations you might find helpful in crafting Causal Arguments for your research topics. While you put your arguments together, decide what sort of framework suits your … Continue reading →

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Ephemeral Art

Posted on March 27, 2014 by davidbdale

Take a rake to the beach.

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Visual Argument

Posted on March 26, 2014 by davidbdale

We’ll be studying these. Start with this one. Or start with this one. http://www.adcouncil.org/Our-Work/The-Classics/Domestic-Violence#Asset1422 We’ll look at this one together. Choose your own from here and write about it. Assignment A13: Visual Argument Upworthy, the source for your Visual Arguments. … Continue reading →

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Income Inequality

Posted on March 26, 2014 by davidbdale

You think it’s bad. It’s worse.  

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A09: Advertising Failure

Posted on March 25, 2014 by davidbdale

The story of Doctor Kim A. Adcock’s approach to solving a problem in the radiology department at Kaiser Permanente in Denver reads like script background for one of those “procedural” TV shows such as CSI. We know who died (far … Continue reading →

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Eliminating If/Then

Posted on March 13, 2014 by davidbdale

ELIMINATING UNNECESSARY IF/THEN STATEMENTS One popular way to complicate a simple expression is to add unnamed people and place them into a confusing and unnecessary cause/effect situation. Readers can be misled into thinking the identities of the players in these … Continue reading →

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Agenda THU MAR 13

Posted on March 13, 2014 by davidbdale

Housekeeping and Miscellany Housekeeping: Reminder leave a comment in your Notes post Housekeeping: Make Conference appointments if you want to see “midterm grades” when we return New Agenda Lecture/Discussion: Eliminating Unnecessary If/then Exercise: If/then Exercise Absent students will always find … Continue reading →

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Agenda TUE MAR 11

Posted on March 11, 2014 by davidbdale

Housekeeping and Miscellany Housekeeping: Reminder leave a comment in your Notes post Housekeeping: Request feedback for Definition Essay. New Agenda Lecture/Discussion: How to Start Lecture/Exercise: Revise First Sentences/Paragraphs for 2 classmates’ Definition Essays Absent students will always find an Agenda … Continue reading →

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How to Start

Posted on March 11, 2014 by davidbdale

Lecture Text Readers can bail on us after any word: this one, or the next. Their time is precious; the world is lively with distractions; and increasingly the page where we meet them is studded with seductive links. Re-read the … Continue reading →

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Agenda: THU MAR 06

Posted on March 8, 2014 by davidbdale

Housekeeping and Miscellany Housekeeping: Request Feedback for Safer Saws and Critical Readings Schedule: Definition Essays Due TUE MAR 11 New Agenda Lecture/Discussion: Riddle: Beagle Gender Lecture/Exercise: Definition Exercise, “Drone Strike” Assignments Pending TUE MAR 11. A08: Definition Essay Absent students … Continue reading →

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