News clips

News clips for class discussion. Identify and discuss various rhetorical aspects, including strategy, creating significance, quality of claims/support, bias, audience awareness, clarity of purpose, etc.

Dolls:
http://www.theonion.com/video/bratz-dolls-may-give-young-girls-unrealistic-expec,14303/
http://www.theonion.com/articles/new-homely-doll-to-improve-selfimage-of-young-girl,2739/

President Obama's recent popularity:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/opinion/sunday/what-happened-to-obamas-passion.html?pagewanted=all
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/magazine/what-the-left-doesnt-understand-about-obama.html?src=me&ref=general

Redox Signaling Molecules:
http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.uvu.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=925139e7-e131-4128-8dd8-bad47fc094a4%40sessionmgr112&vid=1&hid=127#
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=55024404&site=ehost-live

Root Cause of Happiness:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2002-12-08-happy-main_x.htm
http://books.google.com/books?id=ng7RJW-udoQC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false