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How to Use This Book xxvii Table of Contents – Readings (continued) Skills or Rhetorical Modes Showcased “Student Veterans and Their Struggle with Higher Education” by Bryant Calli It’s not that I’m not proud of it, or even that I am ashamed of anything I have done; it’s because I don’t want to feel any more singled out than I already do. I also find that people either have strong feelings against the military or simply have no understanding of what myself or other veterans have gone through. I try to avoid hearing questions like, “Did you know anyone who died?” or, “Have you killed anyone?” After spending years always surrounded by military personnel and within a unique culture, it is very difficult to relate to and want to be around college students. Argumentation Rhetorical appeals Interacting with Sources Thesis (Claim of phenomenon) Evidence (Quote, paraphrase, summarize) Citation 445 “Our Town” from This American Life by Ira Glass and Miki Meek “It was really striking talking to them—how the arrival of these Latino workers blew the minds of the local workers, turned their world upside down. But the Mexican workers didn’t have any of that. They didn’t have a lot of emotions about their white coworkers, didn’t spend a lot of time thinking or worrying about them.” Research Concepts Inquiry-based research Ongoing conversation Multipartiality Interacting with Sources Thesis (Claim of phenomenon) Evidence (primary sources) 449 “The Unfinished Battle in the Capital of the Confederacy” from Code Switch hosted by Shereen Marisol Meraji and Gene Demby “A few people have pointed out—notably, historian Kevin Cruz—the irony of the alt-right descending on Charlotesville, ostensibly to defend the statue of Robert E. Lee, but creating this universe in which the statues are so radioactive that it almost sped up their being taken down in a lot of places.” Research Concepts Ongoing conversation Interacting with Sources Thesis (Claim of phenomenon and policy) Evidence (Quote, paraphrase, summarize) Evidence (primary sources) 449