Visual rhetoric (visuals) Visuals Turning now to visuals more specifically – the use of charts, tables, lists, images, and other devices within your text – we start with the same basic principle: reader focus. The point of using these kinds of devices is not decorative, but rather to help your reader: to think through a task or […]

Visual rhetoric: document design “Visual rhetoric” is a relatively new term. It has its origin in the analysis specifically of images, but now has a wider range of meanings that includes the use of images as argument, document design (including font choices), and the analysis of visuals. You can see in the diagram below that visual rhetoric […]

Writing and researching the “right type” of report Executive summaries and final comments The executive summary is a key component of the formal report. Considering our (now) old advice about the importance of beginnings and endings, we might recognize that, because the executive summary is probably the first part of the report that an audience looks at, […]

Persuasive messages and proposals The chapter on persuasive messages and proposals is a big one, and it’s important. It’s important because persuasion is part of every message, so the chapter gives us more insight into the kinds of messages we’ve already been talking about, and it’s important because Assignment #2 is a (persuasive) proposal. There […]

Step 1: Read the article Preview the questions below and read the article “Do Dogs Know Calculus? Download Do Dogs Know Calculus? “ Use the link to load the article in a separate tab for ease of reference. You do not need to work through the mathematics but you should understand the article. You can […]

5.1. Beginnings: Trust and Attachment Key Questions What are Erikson’s first three stages of psychosocial development? How do infants become emotionally attached to mother, father, and other significant people in their lives? What are the different kinds of attachment relationships, how do they arise, and what are their consequences? Ever since Aliya was a newborn, […]

Chapter 9 Introduction Although it is common to think of a crisis as a negative event, it can also be an opportunity for learning and change in the organization (Brockner & James, 2008; Wang, 2008). Put differently, a crisis should have the capacity to shock an organization out of its complacency (Veil & Sellnow, 2008). […]

CHAPTER EIGHT SOCIAL POWER AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF CRIME CONFLICT THEORY William J. Chambliss 1933–2014 George Washington University Author of Conflict Theory Courtesy of William J. Chambliss As Chapter 7 showed, theories purporting to explain crime by locating its sources in biological, psychological, or social factors associated with the offender have tended to ignore the […]

CHAPTER SEVEN THE IRONY OF STATE INTERVENTION LABELING THEORY John Braithwaite 1951– Australian National University Author of Reintegrative Shaming Theory Courtesy of John Braithwaite When people violate the law, we assume that the state’s most prudent response is to make every effort to apprehend the culprits and process them through the criminal justice system. Informing […]

years after his wife’s death, Thomas Jefferson fathered at least six of Sally Hemings’s children. Four survived to adulthood and are mentioned in Jefferson’s plantation records:  Beverly, Harriet, Madison, and Eston Hemings. Sally Hemings worked for two and a half years (1787-89) in Paris as a domestic servant and maid in Jefferson’s household.  While in Paris, […]