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RHE 306: Rhetoric & Writing

Fall 2025 (Aug 25 - Dec 17, 2025)

Project 1

Project 2

Course Docs

Professor

Resources

Rhetorical Analysis

Position Argument

Colin Shanafelt

  • Syllabus

Rhetorical Analysis Essay (Digital Wellness) (1,200 words, 4 Sources, MLA 9)

  • Theme: Digital Wellness

Persuasive Essay (Local Controversy) (1,500 words, 5 Sources, MLA 9)

  • Course Calendar
  • Theme Readings
  • Assignment Page
  • Textbook
  • Assignment Page
  • Rhetorical Analysis

Assistant Professor of InstructionDepartment of Rhetoric & Writing The University of Texas at Austin colin.shanafelt@utexas.edu (512) 400-9414

  • Theme Guide
  • UNC-Chapel Hill Resources
  • Student Examples
  • Topic List
  • Student Examples

& Readings

  • Owl @ Purdue (MLA)
  • Writing Rubric

20%

20%

  • Shanafelt Writing Guide
  • Primary Texts (Rhetoric)
  • Shanafelt Rhetoric Guide
  • MLA 9 Documentation

Office Hours

  • MLA Document Format

PAR 23 TTh 11:30 am - 12:30 pm & 2:00 - 2:30 pm, & by Appointment

Project 4

Project 3

Research

  • Writing Center
  • Grammar & Mechanics

Controversy Solution Proposal

Multimodal Argument

  • Research Resources
  • Multimodal Rubric

Persuasive Essay Proposal (2,200 words, 3 Sources, MLA 9)

Multimedia Composition

  • UT Library
  • Library Services

(Video, Audio, Image, Webpage, Amimation)

01.

02.

TTh - 8:00-9:30 am PAR 304 - 44570

Uniques

TTh - 12:30-2:00 pm PAR 310 - 44665

  • UT Library Databases
  • Writing Handouts
  • Assignment Page
  • Assignment Page
  • Google Scholar
  • Student Examples
  • Student Examples
  • Equipment Checkout
  • Opposing Viewpoints
  • Audio & Video Editing

30%

10%

  • JSTOR
  • Texas Scholar Works

Course Objectives

Textbook & Materials Required

  • Examine a related set of texts, learning how to identify their claims and assumptions.
  • Find a similar set of texts about a local issue, then perform a rhetorical analysis on them to understand how people are arguing about an issue locally.
  • Identify and argue for a change related to that issue.
  • Develop that advocacy in a multimodal argument for a specific audience.
  • Nicotra, Jodie. Becoming Rhetorical: Analyzing and Composing in a Multimedia World. 2nd edition, Cengage, 2024. ISBN:9780357656457 -(Longhorn Textbook Program, Canvas, eBook)
  • Textbook Location: (Canvas > Main Menu > My Textbooks)
  • Shanafelt Writing Guide (Style Guide) & The Owl at Purdue (MLA Style Guide)
  • A computer, laptop, or tablet with a working mic/camera and reliable internet access suggested