Week 1:  Rhetorical Concepts  --  Rhetoric and Logic

Tu    Aug  22

• Introduction to class

*****    Tu Aug 22:  11:00 am    President's Convocation  --  Brown Chapel

Th    Aug 24

• Reading:
• Plato, "Allegory of the Cave"  

• Background Reading on Plato and the "Allegory of the Cave":
• Introductory Notes on Classical Greece  --  Ian Johnston, Malaspina University-College, Canada
• Plato  --  Island of Freedom
• "Plato's Allegory of the Cave"  --  Wikipedia
• "Plato's Republic and the Teachable Moment"  --  Christine Cornell and Patrick Malcolmson, St. Thomas U., Fredericton, Canada
• "The Allegory of the Cave"  --  S. Marc Cohen,  U. of Washington
• on Plato's Theory of Forms  --  S. Marc Cohen, U. of Washington
• on Plato's The Republic and "The Allegory of the Cave"  --  Gordon L. Ziniewicz
• Plato  --  Thomas Brickhouse,  Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Plato's Political Philosophy --  W. J. Korab-Karpowicz,  Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  

Rhetorical Concepts:  
    1.  Rhetoric
    2.  Logic

• Background Reading for Rhetoric and Composition: 
• "Rhetoric"  --  Wikipedia
• "What is Rhetoric?"  --  Gideon O. Burton,  The Forest of Rhetoric
• "Logic"  --  Wikipedia
• "Logic and Argument"  --  Dartmouth Writing Program
• "Presenting Arguments Logically"  --  U. of Victoria (British Columbia) Writers Guide
• "Fallacies"  --  U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center

Week 2:     Rhetorical Concepts  --  Thesis and Argument

Tu    Aug 29

• Shakespeare, The Tempest  and Forbidden Planet

Th    Aug 31

• Shakespeare, The Tempest and Forbidden Planet

• Background Readings on The Tempest and Forbidden Planet
• Shakespeare biography  --  Shakespeare Online
• Shake Sphere:  A Comprehensive Study Guide for the World of William Shakespeare  -- Michael J. Cummings 
• essays on The Tempest  --  Shakespeare Online
• Forbidden Planet  --  IMDB.com
• Forbidden Planet  -- Science Fiction Filmsite
• review of Forbidden Planet  --  Richard Scheib 
• "Forbidden Planet, Forbidden Fruit"  -- Ingrid Richter
• "Progeny:  Prospero's Books, Genesis, and The Tempest"  --  Steven Marx, Cal Poly U., San Luis Obispo
• "Greenaway's Books"  --  Steven Marx, Cal Poly U., San Luis Obispo

Rhetorical Concepts:  
    3.  Thesis
    4.  Argument

• Background Reading for Rhetoric and Composition:  
• "Developing Your Thesis"  --  Dartmouth Writing Program
• "Thesis Statements"  -- U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center
• "Thesis and Purpose Statements"  --  U. of Wisconsin at Madison Writing Center
• "Developing the Thesis Statement"  --  U. of Wisconsin at Madison Writing Center
• "Creating a Thesis Statement"  --  Purdue U. Online Writing Center
• "Developing Strong Thesis Statements"  --  Purdue U. Online Writing Center
• "Argument"  --  U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center
• "Organizing Your Argument"  --  Purdue U. Online Writing Center
• "Writing:  Considering Structure and Organization"  --  Dartmouth Writing Program
• "Three Ways to Persuade (Ethos, Logos, Pathos)"  --  California State U. at Los Angeles Writing Center

*****    Calendar of Shakespeare Films  (to be announced in class)


Week 3:     Rhetorical Concepts  --  Evidence, Purpose, and Audience

*****    Mon Sept 4:    Essay #1 due in Jackson Hall 307 to Ms. Palmer, Administrative Assistant for Humanities by 2:00 pm

Tu    Sept 5   

• Shakespeare, The Tempest and Forbidden Planet

Th    Sept 7

• Shakespeare, The Tempest and Forbidden Planet

• Background Readings on The Tempest and Forbidden Planet:
• "You Can Go Home Again, Can't You?  An Introduction to The Tempest"  --  Ian Johnston,  Malaspina-University College, Canada
• "National and Colonial Education in Shakespeare's The Tempest" --  Allen Carey-Webb, Western Michigan University
• "Prospero's Dream:  The Tempest and the Court Masque Inverted"  --  Jans Frans van Dijkhuizen
• "Ambroise Paré's Des Monstres as a Possible Source for Caliban"   --  Jeffrey Kahan, Early Modern Literary Studies
• "Shakespeare's Tempest and the American Indian"  --  Louis Proyect, Columbia U.  
• "Are We Being Historical Yet?" Colonialist Interpretations of Shakespeare's Tempest"  --  Ben Ross Schneider, Jr.
• "Plantation of this Isle"  --  John Jowett, The Glasgow Review
• Prospero's Isle  (several good student essays on The Tempest)  --  Chao Mugger 
• The Empire Writes Back:  The Tempest  --  Kathleen L. Nichols,  Pittsburg State U., Kansas
• The Tempest  --  Wikipedia
• The Tempest  --  SparkNotes
• The Tempest  --  CliffsNotes

Rhetorical Concepts:
    5.  Purpose
    6.  Evidence/Logos
    7.  Audience/Pathos

• Background Reading for Rhetoric and Composition: 
• "Using Research and Evidence"  --  Purdue U. Online Writing Center
• "How to Use Evidence"  --  Indiana U. Writing Tutorial Services
• "Writing With a Sense of Purpose"  --  Capital Community College, Hartford, Connecticut
• "Purpose"  --  Colorado State U.  Writing Studio
• "Audience"  --  U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Writing Center
  
• "Audience"  --  U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center
• "Kairos"  --  Gideon O. Burton,  The Forest of Rhetoric
• "Decorum"  --  Gideon O. Burton,  The Forest of Rhetoric
• "Persuasive Appeals" (logos, pathos, ethos)  --  Gideon O. Burton,  The Forest of Rhetoric
• "Audience"  --  Gideon O. Burton,  The Forest of Rhetoric
• "Audience"  --  Colorado State U.  Writing Studio
• "Audience"  --  Jack Lynch, U. of Rutgers at Newark 
• "Choosing and Writing for an Audience"  --  Steven Hale, Georgia Perimeter College
  

Week 4:     Rhetorical Concepts  --  Transitions, Topic Sentences, and Paragraphs

Tu    Sept 12

• Andrew Marvell, "To His Coy Mistress"

Th    Sept 14

• A. D. Hope, "His Coy Mistress to Mr. Marvell"

• Background Readings on "To His Coy Mistress" 
• "The Persuasion of the Coy Mistress"  --  Robert W. Halli, Jr.,  Philological Quarterly
• an essay on form in Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress"  --  VirtuaLit, Bedford/St. Martin's   (pdf file)
• "Andrew Marvell's 'To His Coy Mistress'  --  A New Historicist Reading"  --  VirtuaLit, Bedford/St. Martin's   (pdf file)
• cultural contexts (feminine sexuality) for Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress"  --  VirtuaLit, Bedford/St. Martin's 
  
• "Andrew Marvell's 'To His Coy Mistress'  --  A Feminist Reading"  --  VirtuaLit, Bedford/St. Martin's   (pdf file)
• "Love, Time, and Eternity: Teaching Andrew Marvell’s 'To His Coy Mistress'”  --  John J. Han, Missouri Baptist U.

Rhetorical Concepts:
    8.  Transitions
    9.  Topic Sentence(s)
    10. Paragraphs/Paragraph Development

• Background Reading for Rhetoric and Composition: 
• "Transitions"  --  U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center
• "Writing Transitions"  -- Purdue U. Online Writing Center
• "Transitional Devices"  --   Purdue U. Online Writing Center
• "Paragraphs and Topic Sentences"  --  Indiana U. Writing Tutorial Services
• "Paragraphs"  --  U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Writing Center
• "Paragraph Development"  --  U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center
• "Writing Paragraphs"  --  David Megginson, U. of Ottawa Writing Center
• "Developing and Ordering Paragraphs"  --  U. of Victoria (British Columbia) Writers Guide

Week 5:     Rhetorical Concepts  --  Sentences

Tu    Sept 19

• Shakespeare,  A Midsummer Night's Dream
  

Th    Sept 21

• Shakespeare,  A Midsummer Night's Dream

• Background Reading for A Midsummer Night's Dream
• "A Midsummer Night's Dream"  --  Spark Notes
• "A Midsummer Night's Dream"  --  Cliff's Notes
• "A Midsummer Night's Dream"  --  George Loutro,  Barron's BookNotes
• "A Midsummer Night's Dream"  --  BookRags.com
  
• summary/analysis of A Midsummer Night's Dream  --  Amanda Mabillard, About.com
• "A Midsummer Night's Dream"  --  Wikipedia
• "Mythology in A Midsummer Night's Dream"  --  English Department, U. of Northern British Columbia
• "The Green World [in Shakespearian comedy]"  --  U. of West Florida
• "The Green World in A Midsummer Night's Dream"  --  U. of West Florida
• review of Michael Hoffman's film of A Midsummer Night's Dream  --  David Walsh, World Socialist Web Site
• Astronomy, Alchemy, and Archetypes:  An Integrated View of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream  --  Katherine Bartol Perrault, Texas Tech U.  

Rhetorical Concepts:
    11.  The Sentence

• Background Reading for Rhetoric and Composition:
• "Clear, Concise, and Direct Sentences"  --  U. of Wisconsin at Madison Writing Center
• "Building Sentences"  --  David Megginson, U. of Ottawa Writing Center
• "Sentence Variety"  -- Purdue U. Online Writing Center 
• "Sentence Types"  --  Purdue U. Online Writing Center 
• "Writing Clear Sentences"  --  U. of Victoria (British Columbia) Writers Guide

Week 6::    Rhetorical Concepts  -- Diction

Tu    Sept 26

• Writing Workshop

Th    Sept 28

• Writing Workshop

Rhetorical Concepts:
    12.  Diction 

• Background Reading for Rhetoric and Composition:  
• "Diction"  --  David Megginson, U. of Ottawa Writing Center
• "Using Specific and Concrete Diction"  --  Randy Rambo, Illinois Valley Community College
• "Attending to Grammar"  --  Dartmouth Writing Program

Week 7:     Rhetorical Concepts  --  Voice, Ethos, and Tone

*****    Mon Oct 2:    Essay #2 due in Jackson Hall 307 to Ms. Palmer, Administrative Assistant for Humanities by 2:00 pm

Tu    Oct 3

• Martin Luther King, "Letter from Birmingham Jail"  (pdf file)
• Writing Workshop

Th    Oct 5

• Martin Luther King, "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
• Writing Workshop

• Background Readings on "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
• Martin Luther King, Jr.  --  Wikipedia
• "Letter from Birmingham Jail"  --  Wikipedia
• rhetorical analysis of "Letter from Birmingham Jail" (ethos, logos, pathos)  --  Michael O'Conner, Millikin University
• rhetorical analysis of "Letter from Birmingham Jail"  --  David Roberts, Albany State U., Albany, Georgia
• "Martin Luther King, Jr., and the African-American Social Gospel"  --  Clayborne Carson, Stanford U. 
• The Martin Luther King Research and Education Institute --  Stanford U.  

Rhetorical Concepts:
    13.  Voice
    14.  Ethos
    15.  Tone

• Background Reading for Rhetoric and Composition:
• "Finding Your Voice"  --  Susan J. Lethem
• "Ethos"  --  Thomas J. Kinney, U. of Arizona
• "Ethos"  --  Wikipedia
• "Tone:  A Matter of Attitude"  --  Capital Community College, Hartford, Connecticut
• "Tone" --  Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, (Liverpool), U. K. 
• "Audience and Tone"  --  U. of Victoria (British Columbia) Writers Guide

Week 8:    

Tu    Oct 10

• Yusef Komunyakaa

Th    Oct 12        FALL BREAK      

•  Background Reading for Yusef Komunyakaa
• "Yusef Komunyakaa" --  Poets.org   
• biography of Yusef Komunyakaa  --  Internet Poetry Archive, U. of North Carolina Press and the North Carolina Arts Council
• an interview with Yusef Komunyakaa  --  Alan Fox, Rattle 
• a profile of Yusef Komunyakaa  --  JoAnn Gutin, Princeton Weekly Bulletin

Week 9:    Rhetorical Concepts  --  Style

Tu    Oct 17

• Yusef Komunyakaa

Th    Oct 19

• Yusef Komunyakaa

• Background Reading for Yusef Komunyakaa
• "About Yusef Komunyakaa: A Profile"  --  Susan Conley, Ploughshares
• an interview with Yusef Kommunyakaa  --  Dan Webster,  SpokesmanReview.com
  
• from ChickenBones:  A Journal for Literary & Artistic African-American Themes
• interview with Yusef Komunyakaa (1985)  --  Rudy in New Orleans
• excerpts of an interview with Yusef Komunyakka (1998)  --  Elizabeth Cho, Swarthmore College
• excerpts of an interview with Yusef Komunyakaa  (1998)  --  Kenyon Review
• excerpts from a review of Komunyakaa's Talking Dirty to the Gods and Blue Notes  --  Adam Kirsch, The New Republic
• excerpts from a review of Komunyakaa's Pleasure Dome:  Collected Poems and Talking Dirty to the Gods  --  David Wojahn, Poetry
• "Reflecting the Light: Yusef Komunyakaa - the Vietnam War Poems"  --  Jannette Hypes,   Associated Content
• "A Magic City: The Poetry of Yusef Komunyakaa"  --  Jannette Hypes,  Associated Content
• a Yusef Kommunyakaa bibliography  --  Paul P. Reuben,  PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - A Research and Reference Guide 
• a Yusef Kommunyakaa bibliography  --  U. of California at Irvine Libraries
• a Yusef Kommunyakaa bibliography  --  Society for the Study of Southern Literature
  

Rhetorical Concepts:
    16.  Style

• Background Reading for Rhetoric and Composition:
• "Style"  --  U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center
• "Attending to Style"  --  Dartmouth Writing Program
• The Elements of Style  --  William Strunk
• "Guide to Grammar and Style"  --  Jack Lynch,  Rutgers U. at Newark

 

Week 10:     Rhetorical Concepts  --  Revision


Tu    Oct 24

• Yusef Komunyakaa

*****     Tu Oct 24:    Yusef Komunyakaa receives Corrington Award and reads from his poetry:  7:00 pm  Kilpatrick Auditorium

Th    Oct 26        No Class


Rhetorical Concepts
    17.  Revision

• Background Reading for Rhetoric and Composition:
• "Revision:  Constructing a Critical Eye"  --  Dartmouth Writing Program
• "Revising Drafts"  --  U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center
• "Proofreading"  -- U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center
• "Gender-Fair Language"  --  Jenny R. Redfern,  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Writing Center
• "Editing and Proofreading Strategies"  --  Colorado State U.  Writing Studio
• "Common Errors Workbook"  --  Lester Faigley, from The Penguin Handbook

Week 11:     Rhetorical Concepts  --  Documentation and Plagiarism

Tu    Oct 31

• Writing Workshop

Th    Nov 2

• Writing Workshop

Rhetorical Concepts:
    18.  Documentation
    19.  Plagiarism

• Background Reading for Rhetoric and Composition:
• "Quoting and Paraphrasing Sources"  --  U. of Wisconsin at Madison Writing Center
• "Using Literary Quotations"  -- U. of Wisconsin at Madison Writing Center 
• "MLA Documentation"  --  U. of Wisconsin at Madison Writing Center
• "MLA Formatting and Style Guide"  --  Purdue U. Online Writing Center
• "Citation Styles:  MLA"  --  U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Writing Center
• "Citing Online Sources"  --  Janice R. Walker and Todd Taylor, The Columbia Guide to Online Style
• "Documenting Sources"  --  Diana Hacker, from Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age
• "Parenthetical Documentation:  MLA Style"  -- Herkimer County Community College (New York)
  
• "Plagiarism"  --  U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center
• "Plagiarism in College Writing"  --  Lester Faigley, from The Penguin Handbook
• "Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It"  --  Indiana U. Writing Tutorial Services

Week 12:     Rhetorical Concepts  --  Opinion, Evaluation, and Interpretation

Tu    Nov 7

• Writing Workshop

Th    Nov 9

• Writing Workshop

*****    Fri Nov 10:    Essay #3 due in Jackson Hall 307 to Ms. Palmer, Administrative Assistant for Humanities by 2:00 pm

Rhetorical Concepts:
    20.  Opinion
    21.  Evaluation
    22.  Interpretation

• Background Reading for Rhetoric and Composition:
• "Opinion"  --  Wikipedia
• "Evaluation"  --  Wikipedia
• "Interpretation"  --  Wikipedia
• "Critical Reading Towards Critical Writing"  --  Deborah Knott, New College (U. of Toronto) Writing Center
• "Critical Reading:  A Guide"  (emphasizing literature)  --  John Lye, Brock U. (Canada)
• "Literary Criticism"  --  Wikipedia

Week 13:     Rhetorical Concepts  --  Culture

Tu    Nov 14

• Donna Tartt, The Secret History

• Background Reading for The Secret History
• "Smart Tartt"  --  Vanity Fair, 1992
• interview with Donna Tartt  --  ReadingGroup Guides.com
• interview with Donna Tartt  --  Robert Birnbaum,  Identity Theory (2002) 
  
• Donna Tartt fan page

Th    Nov 16

• Donna Tartt, The Secret History
• Quiz    (through Book I:  Chapters 1-5)
  

• Background Reading for The Secret History:
• "Peter Mullan Deconstructs Donna Tartt's The Secret History"  --  Peter Mullan,  The Guardian  (four-part series)
  
• "Team Spirit: Memories of Being a Freshman Cheerleader for the Basketball Team" (from "Basketball Season," a memoir) -- Donna Tartt, Harper's
• "My Friend, My Mentor, My Inspiration"  --  Donna Tartt, Oxford American
  
• "Heaven on a Hummingbird's Wing"  --  Donna Tartt,  The Guardian

Rhetorical Concepts:
    23.  Culture

• Background Reading for Rhetoric and Composition:
• "Culture"  --  Wikipedia
• "Culture"  --  Kathleen Dahl, Easter Oregon U. 
• "Notes Toward a Definition of Culture"  --  Marshall Soules, Malapina University College (British Columbia)
• summary of T. S. Eliot's "Notes Towards a Definition of Culture"  --  Thayer Watkins, San José State U. 
• "Culture and Civilization in Modern Times"  --  Dictionary of the History of Ideas

Cultural Events for your journals:

• Meadows Museum of Art:   Louisiana Collects: Works by M.C. Jones from the Collection of Sam and Jan Wallace of Shreveport in the Museum Galleries.

• Meadows Museum of Art: Louisiana Collects: The Folk Art Collection of Simone N. Hennessee and the late Rev. Dr. R.L. Hennessee of Shreveport  in the Museum Galleries.

• Tuesday, November 14
• Career Connections: "From International Student to U.S. Business Executive" with guest speaker Denis Poljak ‘94, wealth management advisor with Merrill Lynch. Come for free pizza and information from 11-11:50 a.m. in the 2910 Building.
• Centenary Film Society: The Matador (USA, 2005. Dir Richard Shepard. in English. 96 mins.) at 7 p.m. in 304 Jackson Hall. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 318-869-5254.
• Hurley Concert: Cantare and Chorale Concert at 8 p.m. in Anderson Auditorium, Hurley Music Building. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 318-869-5235.

• Wednesday, November 15
• Philosophy Discussion Group: 7 p.m., James Hall Lobby, discussion on how personal commitments either support or conflict with professional responsibilities. Free drinks and pizza.
• English Department film:  7 pm,  304 Jackson Hall.  
  

• Thursday, November 16
• Centenary Film Society: The Matador (USA, 2005. Dir Richard Shepard. in English. 96 mins.) at 7 p.m. in Carlile Auditorium (Mickle Hall 114). Free and open to the public. For more information, call 318-869-5254.  
• Hurley Concert: Centenary Carillons Handbell Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. in Anderson Auditorium, Hurley Music Building. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 318-869-5235.

Week 14:              `THANKSGIVING BREAK

Tu    Nov 21        NO CLASSES

Th    Nov 23        NO CLASSES 


Week 15:             Review Rhetorical Concepts

Tu    Nov 28        

• Donna Tartt, The Secret History
• Quiz  over entire novel  

Th    Nov 30         

• Donna Tartt, The Secret History

Cultural Events for your FYE journals:

• Meadows Museum of Art:   Louisiana Collects: Works by M.C. Jones from the Collection of Sam and Jan Wallace of Shreveport in the Museum Galleries.

• Meadows Museum of Art: Louisiana Collects: The Folk Art Collection of Simone N. Hennessee and the late Rev. Dr. R.L. Hennessee of Shreveport  in the Museum Galleries.

• Friday, Dec 1
• Wideman Piano Competition at the Hurley School of Music

• Saturday, Dec 2
• Wideman Piano Competition at the Hurley School of Music

• Sunday, Dec 3
• Wideman Piano Competition at the Hurley School of Music

Week 16:     Review and Evaluation

Tu    Dec 5      Final Exam Review and Evaluations

*****  Tu Dec 5  FYE Journals due in class

Th    Dec 7      No Class  --  Study for Final Exam

*****   Fri Dec 8:    Essay #4 due in Jackson Hall 307 to Ms. Palmer, Administrative Assistant for Humanities by 2:00 pm

Final Exams:    

• T-1  (8:20 - 9:35  T/TH)    --  Monday,  Dec 11  8:00 am -- 11:00  am  Jackson 304

• T-2  (9:45 - 11:00 T/TH)   --   Tuesday,  Dec 12  12:00 pm -- 3:00 pm  Jackson 304

Final Exam Study Guide:   (You'll be asked to write on two of the following questions on the final)

• construct a strong, clear thesis
• use good details and examples from the text to support your thesis and supporting ideas
• you will be expected to produce two one-hour essays; you should be able to write 500-750 words on each essay

1.  According to Plato in "The Allegory of the Cave," how do we escape the problem of the body and the senses being a "prison house"?  

2.  In The Tempest, how does Shakespeare view this "god game" that Prospero seems to be "playing"?  Is the play predominantly critical
or sympathetic towards Prospero because of his actions?  

3.  What is the film's view of technology in Forbidden Planet?   Is it something to be desired or feared?  

4.  Compare and contrast the rhetorical arguments of "To His Coy Mistress" and "His Coy Mistress to Mr. Marvell."  
Which is the stronger argument?  Why?

5.  According to A Midsummer Night's Dream, why is love so complicated and difficult?   And what are the conditions that make it work
out happily?

6.  In "Letter from Birmingham Jail," why does Dr. Martin Luther King base his argument for change on non-violent direct action?    

7.  Analyze Yusef Komunyakaa's view of the South in the poetry from Neon Vernacular.  It is largely a positive or negative view of the South?  

8.  How does "violence" function as a theme in Komunyakaa's poetry?  Is this violence "natural" to the world, or man-made primarily?  Is it solely
destructive and negative, or potentially redemptive and positive?  

9.  Richard Pappen says that the story he's telling in The Secret History is the "only story that he'll ever tell."   What does he mean by this?

10.  For Richard and his classicist friends in The Secret History, what does it mean to live "a good life"?  Is it primarily a life focused on
"the life of the mind" (reading, thinking, talking, arguing) or a life lived amidst material pleasures (clothes, food, drink, "things")?   For these
young  college students, what is "the good life"?   And does the novel (and Donna Tartt) agree with them?  

Further Readings/Resources in Rhetoric and Composition

Readings:

• "Going Beyond The Five-Paragraph Essay"  --  California State U. at Los Angeles Writing Center
• "A Short Course in Rhetoric"  --  U. of California at Irvine Writing Coordinator
• "Developing an Effective Writing Syle"  --  Robert Kribbs, Bucknell U. 
• Four Bad Writing Habits and Six Rules for Good Writing  --  from George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language"  
• "Maximizing Meaning in Your Text"  --  Transaction.net
• "Plato on Rhetoric and Poetry"  --  Charles Griswold, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Resources:  

• The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing  --  Michael Harvey, Washington College, Maryland
• "Guide to Grammar and Style"  --  Jack Lynch,  Rutgers U. at Newark
• A Guide to Grammar & Writing  --  Capital Community College, Hartford, Connecticut
• The American Heritage Book of English Usage  --  Bartleby.com
• Ultimate Style:  The Rules of Writing  --  SparkNotes.com
• Garbl's Writing Center  --  Gary B. Larson
• Roberts's Rhetoric  --  David Roberts, Albany State U., Albany, Georgia
• Grammar Handbook  --  U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Center for Writing Studies
• Common Errors in English  --  Paul Brians, Washington State U.  
• Writing Tips  --  U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Center for Writing Studies
• Resources for Writing  --  Texas A&M University Writing Center
• Resources for Writing  --  Duke University Writing Studio
• A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices  --  Robert A. Harris
• The Forest of Rhetoric  --  Gideon O. Burton, Brigham Young U.
• Webliography for Academic Writing  --  Cambridge Language Consultants