2: College Writing Situations
Exploring College Writing - Reading, Writing, and Researching across the Curriculum - Dan Melzer
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California State University
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Dan Melzer (BA University of Florida; PhD Florida State University) is an Associate Professor of English and the University Reading and Writing Coordinator at California State University, Sacramento, where he teaches and coordinates the Writing Across the Curriculum Program and acts as the campus representative on issues of reading and writing across the disciplines. Dan serves on the Editorial Board of Writing Spaces and is the News and Information Editor of The WAC Clearinghouse. He is also a Board member of the International Writing Centers Association and the Northern California Writing Centers Association. Dr. Melzer has published in a number of edited collections and in journals such as College Composition and Communication, Language and Learning Across the Disciplines, The WAC Journal, Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy.
Description
In this chapter, we’re going to explore some features of any college writing situation – what writing specialists call the rhetorical situation. Topics include: The Rhetorical Situation and College Writing; Genres as Responses to Rhetorical Situations; Common College Rhetorical Strategies; Contrastive Rhetoric: Language Diversity and College Writing; Review of Key Ideas in Chapter 2