Applies Aristotelian rhetorical theory to the treatment of basic writing problems, noting that classical methods of teaching are still valid--and sometimes used--today. (RL)

Gives a step-by-step description of the two years of research and testing that preceded the opening of the Ohio State University Writing Workshop, and a report on the current activities of the workshop. (RL)

Asserts that, if "social epistemic" rhetoric is to realize any of its potential, it must create a new pedagogy that will resist unexamined masculinist assumptions, construct new academic forms of selfhood and intellectual property, and bring students to interrogate any status quo including that with which they are most comfortable. (PRA)