ENG 110: Rhetorical Analysis and Research: Assignment 2: Rhetorical Analysis

Accessing Google Advanced Search:

• From the Google homepage ...in the lower, right corner, click on Settings and then Advanced Search on the drop-down menu
• If you already have search results from a Google search ...click on Settings and then Advanced Search on the drop-down menu
• Or ...you can go directly to Google Advanced Search

Google Advanced Search allows you to search with keywords, phrases, domain, etc.

Blogs posts can be found everywhere online and the content of blogs can range from documented research to personal observations.  For your assignment, the blog post must be from a source with one of the following domains:

1. .org
2. .gov
3. .edu

To locate blog posts, conduct a Google search using Advanced Search

• Include the word blog as one of your search terms
• Combine it with other terms (or phrases) related to your issue that you are researching
• Include one of the above domains in your search

You can also locate blogs on search specific sites such as:

• New York Times
• Mashable - Social Good

To located transcribed speeches, conduct a Google search using Advanced Search (see adjacent box for instructions).

• Include "speech transcript" in your search
• Combine your search with other terms, or phrases, related to the issue that you are researching

Some sites that have collections of speeches:

• Ted Talks
• Famous Presidential Speeches (American President Speech Archive, UVA / Miller Center)
• American Rhetoric
• Top 100 Speeches of the 20th Century

What is Creative Nonfiction?

Creative Nonfiction is a unique genre of writing since it can take a number of different forms, including:

• Factual Essay
• Memoir
• Literary Journalism or Narrative Journalism
• Biographical Feature

Use Google Advanced Search to find examples of Creative Nonfiction by using the above words or phrases. 

More information about Creative Nonfiction:

• An overview of creative nonfiction from the Purdue OWL

Sources for Creative Nonfiction and Long Form Journalism:

• Creative Nonfiction magazine
• Entropy magazine, their creative nonfiction section
• Harper's Magazine
• The New Yorker

More publications with creative nonfiction:

• River Teeth journal
• hippocampus magazine
• Granta
• Paris Review
• The Normal School
• Guernica
• MSU Fourth Genre
• Black Mountain Institute
• The Sun Magazine

Still looking? Try the sources listed on these sites:

• Links to Journals & Magazines from Bookfox
• More Links to Journals & Magazines from Clifford Garstang
• More links to publications from "Authors Publish"