Writing styles cross-culturally: what shapes do they take? Sandanona Conference Anna Carissa Rozzo May 2009

What does a hamburger and Aristotle have in common? Pink Panther

Anglo-American Essay In

Aristotelian Argumentation A “Western” value? Classical Rhetoric- Western countries particularly N. American, presence of Aristotelian rhetoric in today’s composition (Connor 1996) Hinkel Anglo-American reader- Aristotelian proofs ( Kachru)

Other Perspectives Kaplan Contrastive Rhetoric ethno/linguicentricity (Péry-Woodley (1990) Testimonies

More Perspectives Chinese Korean German Finnish Hindi Japanese Writer credibility Digression as a rhetorical strategy Sensory details over persuasion Readers’ inference Indirection Thesis at the end

GROUP ACTIVITY -In groups, elect one member scribe -Discuss your group’s topic -Wait for further direction

My Experience in Morocco “Wait, that’s not a good topic sentence”

A different take on the hamburger and “doodles”

A different take on the hamburger and “doodles” Anglo-American Essay

Rationale for Activity Experientially teaching an essay outline Monocultural Multicultural Another professor’s take “Waitlisted!”

Voices Volunteers to read some quotes?

Conclusion Was my presentation Aristotelian?

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Bibliography Cont’ Kachru, Yamuna. Culture, Context, and Writing. In Hinkel, Eli, Culture and Second Language Learning (75-89). New York: Cambridge University Press