Language and Rhetoric

Texts

• Dan Pink TED Talk: The Puzzle of Motivation
• Maysoon Zayid TED Talk: I Got 99 Problems…Palsy is Just One
• Politics and the English Language
  • E-text of the essay
  • Assignment sheet
• The Declaration of Independence
  • E-text
  • Assignment sheet
• Letter from Birmingham Jail, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • E-text
  • Assignment sheet
• My Dungeon Shook, James Baldwin
  • E-text
  • Assignment sheet

Discussions

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