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Your position paper

Something that has found its way to my inbox today that describes rhetorical strategies you might consider using when writing your position paper can be found here .   This website often offers pages that can be helpful for this class.

Additional Info for "Clan"

As promised since paragraphs aren't numbered on the copy you have of "The Clan of One-Breasted Women." Paragraph 7 begins with "'Diane, it is one of the most spiritual experiences....'" Paragraph 34 begins with "I cannot prove that my mother, Diane Dixon Tempest, or my grandmothers, Lettie Romney Dixon and Kathryn Blackett Tempest, along with my aunts contracted cancer from nuclear fallout in Utah." Paragraph 38 begins with "One night I dreamed women from all over the world...." Paragraph 48 begins with "The women continued to sing louder and louder....'" If you have any questions, shoot me an email.

Uranium Mines & Atomic Testing

I will be posting a few links here related to what we will be studying in class for a few days.  You can choose to read these at your leisure, perhaps write a rhetorical precis on one of the articles.  The first article is linked below.  More will follow later in this post.  " Radioactive Remains | The forgotten story of the Northwest's only uranium mines"  Nevada Test Site Oral History Project  The Atomic Testing Museum National Cancer Benefits Center

More to Consider for Presidential Campaign Project

All of the following information is found at the Pro/Con website.  Below are some links that may be helpful as you begin to draft your position paper as required by the Presidential Campaign Project: 2012 Presidential Candidate Positions on 68 Issues Should the federal deficit be reduced without raising any taxes? Should voters be required to show voter identification in order to vote? What you should note in looking at this website is the wealth of information present.  If you look at the list on the left, many more links are available to follow, including transcripts from the debates, speeches, etc.  This provides more information for you to use other than that which you have found when completing the Commonplace Book assignment and visual analysis.   Remember this is only one resource.  Others have been provided in the past. One other resource to consider: Media Literacy: Media/Politics . Fact Check Presidential Debate (10/16/2012).