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University of North Florida UNF Digital Commons Praxis: Composition Theory, Pedagogy, and Social Action English Graduate Organization 2022 A New Perspective on the Sociological Perspective Holly Coleman University of North Florida Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/enc_6700  Part of the English Language and Literature Commons Recommended Citation Coleman, Holly, "A New Perspective on the Sociological Perspective" (2022). Praxis: Composition Theory, Pedagogy, and Social Action. 3. https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/enc_6700/3 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the English Graduate Organization at UNF Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Praxis: Composition Theory, Pedagogy, and Social Action by an authorized administrator of UNF Digital Commons. For more information, please contact Digital Projects. © 2022 All Rights Reserved Here is where you put a copy of the document you are analyzing: an assignment, a rubric, a student paper, an outcome, etc. T E R M S• Proper grammatical style• Standard college-level prose• -5 points if you write why• DO NOT• Must• MUST• Must• Must• Clear structure• Clear conclusion in the last paragraphD o c u m e n t Goals  v.  Theory DISCUSS ION ANDC O N C L U S I O N SADVANTAGESBalester: Rather than unwittingly perpetuating assessment practices that penalize students who employ language variety, the policies we enact must include professional development, encouragement of multiculturalism, and tolerance of all varieties and types of World Englishes. (75)Aspasia: Praise is due not only for what is done, but also for what is not done. They may steal our souls with their embellished words. Such is the art of our rhetoricians, and in such manner does the sound of their words keep ringing in our ears. (61)Grid Category AnalysisBalester: oversimplifying and standardizing writing; valuing efficiency over dialogue, oversimplified and overstandardized (63)Aspasia: not attempting to knock them down with agnostic arguments, but rather gently drawing them in toward [her] own point of view (59); recognizing “no superiority except in the repudiation of virtue and wisdom” (63)Goals of the assignment:Intended to be a fun first writing assignment for an introductory college-level course. In this short paper, students must define eight vocabulary words (bolded) and clearly show that they have read and understood at least one of the required reading assignments up until this point. Students must use traditional writing conventions to frame the given creative writing prompt, but they must not get too creative. (Should NOT include anything other than words.) This is to be in standard form with a clear structure throughout and a clear conclusion in the last paragraph. They must not divulge any whys, but they must throw in a personal story about themselves because this is supposed to be fun.A lesson in reading closely and following instructions. (The penalty for veering from these instructions is hidden midway through the summary of the creative prompt and will result in the subtraction of half a grade.) This paper must, MUST, must, must uphold the power dynamic of the professor/authority and the student, who must conform to all given parameters and expectations. Theory utilized:Bain:”Every pertinent statement has a suitable place; in that place it contributes to the general effect; and, out of that place, it makes confusion. (1148)Aristotle:“producing the right impression of speech” (236)Hill:“proper words in proper places” (1150)A n a l y s i s :T h i s  a s s i g n m e n t  a s k s  s t u d e n t st o  a d d r e s s  a  b o o k  p u b l i s h e r,  b u t  t h e  r e q u i r e m e n t s  l e a v e  n o  o p t i o n  b u t  f o r  t h e m  t o  w r i t e  t o  a n  a c a d e m i c  a u d i e n c e  ( i n  t h i s  c a s e ,  t h e i r  p r o f e s s o r ) .T h e  s t r u c t u r e  i s  d e f i n i t i v eu n d e r  t h e  i m p r e s s i o n  o fa l l o w i n g  f r e e d o m  o fe x p r e s s i o n .  C r e a t i v i t y  i s  n o ta c t u a l l y  a  p r i o r i t y,  a s  a n ya g e n c y  i s  h e l d  t i g h t l y  w i t h i np r o f e s s o r - g i v e n  p a r a m e t e r sa n d  g u i d e l i n e s .R e c o m m e n d a t i o n sB a l e s t e r :  e m p l o y i n g  s t y l i s t i ca n d  r h e t o r i c a l  v a r i a t i o n  a n de x p e r i m e n t a t i o n  w i t h  d i s c o u r s e  n o r m sA s p a s i a :  w r i t i n g  c r e a t i v e l y  w h i l e  r e j e c t i n g  “ d o m i n a n c ea n d  s u b m i s s i o n ”  ( 5 9 )Q u e s t i o n s  f o r  f u r t h e r  s t u d y :Fort argues that the development of a personal strategy allowing the individual to establish a meaningful relation between himself and art would at once make writing more difficult and more exciting. How could this theory be applied to make the assignment more closely aligned with its goals?Welch wants us to reinterpret our standards in ways that take into consideration radical changes in communication. Could allowing more multimodal freedom allow students to demonstrate their mastery of the curriculum while honing their unique strengths in the process?DOCUMENTGOALSTHEORYCONCLUSIONSRESULTS AND Holly ColemanUniversity of North FloridaT h e o r yAccording to James Berlin, this assignment imparts “a largely mechanical skill, important only because it serves students in getting them through school and in advancing them in their professions.” (766)Sharon Crowley would agree and further say that it “provide[s] a list of universal prescriptions that [make] evaluation of students papers a routine matter." (278) She would also argue that it “concentrate[s] on the shape of discourse, rather than on its contents or on the persons who compose and read it" (272) A New Perspective on the Sociological Perspective

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