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  • A Narrative Analysis of Captain America’s New Deal

    Creator:
    Ledbetter, Forest L.
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    In response to the events on September the Eleventh, various media attempted to make sense of the seemingly radical altered political landscape. Comic books, though traditionally framed as low brow pulp, were no exception. This thesis is a work of rhetorical criticism. It applies Walter Fisher's Narrative Paradigm to a...
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    : _________________________________________________________________ Mark J. Porrovecchio In response to the events on September the Eleventh, various media

  • Fraternity Exit Process: A Look At Fraternity Members Moving Out of the Chapter House

    Creator:
    Later, William J.
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    The process of leaving a work organization is difficult. Leaving an organization that you are part of as a volunteer is just as difficult. In fraternities, upperclassmen members tend to move out one year before they graduate. This is a problem that can create a leadership gap in the chapter...
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        AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF William J. Later for the degree of Master of Arts in

  • Pragmatism and Pain: the Melioristic Rhetoric of Mirror Box Therapy

    Creator:
    Thompson, Anna F. B.
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    The phenomenon of phantom limb pain has been well documented for centuries, but little clinical work has been done to alleviate it. Physician and neuroscientist Vilayanur S. Ramachandran began researching this condition nearly two decades ago, and has discovered a promising alternative treatment: mirror-box therapy. This therapy is not yet...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________________________ Mark J. Porrovecchio The phenomenon of phantom limb pain has been well documented for

  • FUBAR: A Narrative Analysis of War Remains

    Creator:
    Williams, Clay R.
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    The virtual reality (VR) experience War Remains created by Dan Carlin claims that it is an immersive memory in attempt to give its audience the “tiniest taste of” what-it-was-like to experience a WWI battle (Carlin, 2020). This claim aligns with the growing belief that VR can be the ultimate empathy...
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    , developed by the rhetorician and literary critic Walter Fisher, in order to assess if War Remains is a

  • Re-Viewing Literacy : A Language Arts Teacher's Perspective

    Creator:
    Van Develder, Pamela A.
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    A controversy regarding literacy lies at the heart of debates over the current state of American education. In response to the debate, this study reviews and analyzes the literacy theories of E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Walter Ong, Sylvia Scribner and Michael Cole, Shirley Brice Heath, and Paulo Freire. The author presents...
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    Masters Thesis
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    theories of E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Walter Ong, Sylvia Scribner and Michael Cole, Shirley Brice Heath, and Paulo

  • Spousal Communication in the Family Setting (Married with Children)

    Creator:
    Dokken, Cort J.
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    Communication plays an important role in the life of a couple. This study seeks to determine the nature of couple communication. This study compares and contrasts the differences and similarities in communication between childless couples and parenting couples. The material for this study comes from interviewing ten married couples along...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Transforming sectionalism to unity through narrative in John Brown Gordon's "The last days of the Confederacy"

    Creator:
    Acklin, David R.
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    John Brown Gordon was committed to the mission of national reconciliation. He knew that the South would have to embrace the North to repair the devastation of the Civil War. Driven by dedication to public service after the war, he worked through his positions in governmental offices to help the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . The analysis will be based on Walter Fisher's narrative paradigm. Narratives dominate the content

  • Get off the Couch and Move! A Rhetorical Analysis of American Idle

    Creator:
    Cluster, Melodee A.
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    Mary Collins composed the award-winning book American Idle in 2009 after her recovery from an awful bicycle accident. This bicycle accident inspired Mary Collins to take a trip of discovery. Mary Collins visited historical locations to see changes in peoples’ physical activity over time. Collins interviewed individuals whose professions varied...
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  • I Tweet therefore I am: An Interview Study of Identity Development and Portrayal of Twitter Users Utilizing the Communication Theory of Identity

    Creator:
    Carron, Ashley A.
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    The rise of social networking is more prevalent in today's society than ever before. Of the existing social networking platforms, Twitter is widely recognized as operating within the social networking elite. With this rise in social networking comes the challenge to develop new strategies of navigation when presenting one's identity...
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    Masters Thesis

  • RTFM NOOb: Criticizing Internet Based Instructional Documents as a Rhetorical Genre

    Creator:
    Carlson, Gordon S. III
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    The purpose of this thesis is to aid in qualitative improvements to technical support documents on the Internet. By using a generic criticism this analysis will make substantive suggestions towards the improvement of this type of document by engaging the rhetoric employed by their authors. It will discuss the history...
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    . The fifteen years leading up to 1930 were what J. Raleigh Nelson called, "a time of complete