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Building Character Through Metaphor and Ideology: A Rhetorical Examination of John F. Kennedy’s Use of Metaphor to Combat the Religious Issue in 1960

Creator:: Smith, Jonathan Michael
Abstract:: On September 12th 1960, just two months prior to one of the closest Presidential elections in American history, John F. Kennedy faced the Houston Ministerial Association and delivered a powerful speech on religion and Americanism. The "religious issue" of the 1960 campaign drew immense interest and trumped other issues pertinent...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: agitation” (473). The most pervasive fear among skeptics was Kennedy’s potential allegiance to the Pope

Mark Fuhrman's Murder In Brentwood : A Rhetorical Criticism of Apologia as Masculine Facework

Creator:: Kearney, Melva J.
Abstract:: Apologia is a rhetorical genre of self-defense. As such, apologetic discourse involves a response to an attack upon an individual's character or worth as a human being. Los Angeles Police Detective Mark Fuhrman encountered such a attack during the 0.J. Simpson murder trial. The purpose of this analysis is to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: orientation; and (c) impersonal orientation. These researchers found that men generally use face-saving

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

Creator:: Cluster, Melodee A.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A study of the stylistic ramifications of Father Charles Edward Coughlin's sermons from 1930 to 1934

Creator:: Acklin, Melissa Barrett
Abstract:: During the depression era, millions of Americans listened to the weekly radio addresses given by Father Charles Edward Coughlin. He devoted his career to speaking out against the evils of America and felt it his duty to warn Americans against the perpetrators of this evil. But after 1934, the tone...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: privacy c Copyright by Melissa Barrett Acklin June 9, 1993 All Rights Reserved A Study of the

“Avoidable Suffering” : Analyzing Healthcare Providers’ Perceptions of Climate Change Impacts

Creator:: Goodman, Rebecca M.
Abstract:: Recent scientific studies show that framing climate change as a health issue rather than an environmental issue were more persuasive with American audience members (Maibach et. al., 2010; Maibach et. al. 2014). Also in 2014, a survey on respiratory healthcare providers and found that a large percentage believed that climate...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

How Have Black/African American Division 1 Student-athletes Socioeconomic Backgrounds Affected their Mental Health Well-being Compared to their Counterpart Athletes

Creator:: Nassar, Arica Louise Fafa
Abstract:: Mental health among student athletes has gotten much more attention in the world of sport today. However, there has been a lack of research focusing on how the socioeconomic backgrounds of Division 1 student athletes can play a role in their mental health and their desire to seek out help...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The Role of the Academic Advisor as a Support Person for Student-Athletes in Higher Education

Creator:: Phillips, Rachel (Rachel Lynne)
Abstract:: Despite policies implemented by the NCAA with the intention of increasing student-athlete academic success and persistence to graduation, student-athlete graduation rates still remain low, with only 65% of student-athletes receiving their college degree. Certain non- cognitive variables, including the availability of a strong support person, have been shown predict persistence...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: devote additional time to practice their athletic skills outside of their required commitments. Pope

The rhetoric of the Dalai Lama

Creator:: Gorsevski, Ellen Weihe
Abstract:: This thesis examines the rhetoric (persuasive discourse) of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet. The analysis of this thesis provides an historical foundation of understanding for the international campaign of rhetoric which the Dalai Lama has been leading for the past forty years, culminating...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ties to religious leaders such as Pope John Paul II. In 1989 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

A Study of Tinnitus Patients With Normal Peripheral Auditory Systems

Creator:: Gehring, Maribeth Young
Abstract:: Tinnitus is usually accompanied by a hearing loss; however, many patients with tinnitus present with normal hearing. The hypothesis was proposed that individuals with tinnitus who do not have an accompanying peripheral hearing loss, have tinnitus as a result of a disorder in the Central Auditory Nervous System. In order...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Quintilian's influence on Obadiah Walker

Creator:: O'Rourke, Kathryn Ann
Abstract:: The nature and extent of classical rhetoric's influence on subsequent ages has been the focus of much recent study. Scholars have been concerned with how classical authors, particularly Cicero and Quintilian, emerged in educational and rhetorical theories of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and later centuries. Despite this flurry of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: themes. And, it is to Quintilian and Walker that this study now turns. Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (c

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Building Character Through Metaphor and Ideology: A Rhetorical Examination of John F. Kennedy’s Use of Metaphor to Combat the Religious Issue in 1960

Mark Fuhrman's Murder In Brentwood : A Rhetorical Criticism of Apologia as Masculine Facework

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

A study of the stylistic ramifications of Father Charles Edward Coughlin's sermons from 1930 to 1934

“Avoidable Suffering” : Analyzing Healthcare Providers’ Perceptions of Climate Change Impacts

How Have Black/African American Division 1 Student-athletes Socioeconomic Backgrounds Affected their Mental Health Well-being Compared to their Counterpart Athletes

The Role of the Academic Advisor as a Support Person for Student-Athletes in Higher Education

The rhetoric of the Dalai Lama

A Study of Tinnitus Patients With Normal Peripheral Auditory Systems

Quintilian's influence on Obadiah Walker

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