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The following sources were recommended by the Rhetoric and Composition faculty at Appalachian State University for use in the first-year writing course (RC 1000) and the second-year writing course (RC 2001). These materials are meant to supplement the custom textbook.
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RC 1000
RC 1000
App State Library's RC 1000 Lib Guide
Readings
"Why Study Rhetoric? or, What Freestyle Rap Teaches Us about Writing"
Bad Ideas About Writing 3.2: Good Writers Always Follow My Rules
Bad Ideas About Writing 2.6: There is One Correct Way of Writing and Speaking
Bad Ideas About Writing 3.7: Teaching Grammar Improves Writing
Bad Ideas About Writing 2.7: African American Language is not Good English
Rhetoric and Situations; Like Peanut Butter and Jelly
Bad Ideas About Writing 1.1: Rhetoric is Synonymous with Empty Speech
Backpacks vs. Briefcases: Steps toward Rhetorical Analysis
Bad Ideas About Writing 5.9: Research Starts with a Thesis Statement
You’re Not Going to Believe What I’m About to Tell You
Young Women Shouldn't Have to Talk Like Men to Be Taken Seriously
AI and Invisible Labor (Student written article that does the work of rhetorical analysis without saying it is a rhetorical analysis)
Videos
Txtng is killing language. JK!!!
Teaching Rhetoric With Taylor Swift’s Blank Space
To Win You Must Lose: How to Argue Better
Check Yourself with Lateral Reading: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #3
Citation: A (Very) Brief Introduction
RC 2001
RC 2001
App State Library's RC 2001 Lib Guide
WAC's Writing About Guides (Also linked in App custom text)
Readings
Understanding Discourse Communities
African Researchers Say They Face Bias in the World of Science
The Pop Warner Chronicles: A Case Study in Contextual Adaptation and the Transfer of Writing Ability
Resolution adopted by the APA Council of Representatives on October 29, 2021
Videos
Open-access Journals
Journal of Indigenous Research
Both Courses
Both Courses
Readings
This Ain’t Another Statement! This is a DEMAND for Black Linguistic Justice!
Bad Ideas About Writing 5.11: Citing Sources is a Basic Skill Learned Early On
The Racial Politics of Citation
Videos
Anatomy of a Scholarly Article
Copyright Basics: Crash Course Intellectual Property 2
Law and Etiquette for Using Photos and Images Found Online
Research
Directory of Open Access Journals
App State Library's Online Learning Object Repository (tons of interactive tutorials, videos, and pdfs here)
Search Sphere (Interactive tutorial)
App Search Tutorial (Interactive tutorial)
Documentation
Documentation
UWC Documentation Handouts (Specific links taken from the UWC are below.)
APA
APA VIDEO TUTORIAL: Introduction to APA 7th Edition
Transition Guide to the 7th Edition (for instructors)
Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)
Chicago Manual of Style Format and Documentation
Chicago Manual of Style Sample Paper
Chicago Manual of Style Template
MLA
MLA VIDEO TUTORIAL: MLA 8th Edition: Citations
ASA
American Sociological Association Format and Documentation
American Sociological Association Word Template
Other
American Medical Association Format and Documentation
Videos
Citation: A (Very) Brief Introduction
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