by Alexander Sharp | Jun 7, 2021
I originally wanted to write my thesis about the rhetoric of science. After months of study and hashing out various arguments, I couldn’t agree on a topic with my thesis advisor. She thought what I wanted to do would work for a Ph.D thesis where I could spend...
by Alexander Sharp | Jun 4, 2021
This creative nonfiction piece was written for Christopher Burnside’s Elements of Style class at the University of Dayton. Like everything else from that class, I’m putting it here in the oddball category rather than the academic category. If I remember...
by Alexander Sharp | Jun 4, 2021
This is a rather odd rhetorical analysis. It was an assignment for Dr. Strain’s Rhetorical Theory class at The University of Dayton. The assignment was to look at the same artifact using two different rhetorical lenses and then contrast the two. I went...
by Alexander Sharp | Jun 3, 2021
“Dear Elon Musk” was an assignment for Professor Burnside’s “Element’s of Style” class at UD. We were required to write a persuasive letter and every sentence had to have at least 25 words. Dear Elon Musk, As a fan of Ray...
by Alexander Sharp | Jun 3, 2021
Rating I finally got around to watching Todd Phillips’ Joker after taking a long hiatus from superhero films because of the disastrous The Dark Knight Rises. Obviously that means I have missed the bulk of superhero films produced during the era of one big budget...