| Toward a Composition Made Whole Subjects: English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching; Report writing -- Study and teaching; Academic writing -- Study and teaching; To many academics, composition still represents typewritten texts on 8.5" x 11" pages that follow rote argumentative guidelines. In Toward a Composition Made Whole, Jody Shipka views composition as an act of communication that can be expressed through any number of media and as a path to meaning-making. Her study offers an in-depth examination of multimodality via the processes, values, structures, and semiotic practices people employ everyday to compose and communicate their thoughts. Jody Shipka is assistant professor of English at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. |