rhetoric research

2. AND: Combining terms
OR: synonyms or similar terms
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3. Does not follow a standard format
Published in an academic journal
Contains words like:
representations, rhetoric, hegemony, popular
culture, critique, genre, themes
References are not all academic

4. Contains numbers or data
Says “content analysis”
Says “this study”
Is reviewing a BOOK
RED FLAGS

5. Santa Clarita Diet

6. Synonyms
Background
Information
Related Themes

7. Zombies
Suburbia
Female
monsters
Family
Consumption
Popular Culture

8. Masculinity in Peaky Blinders
Representations of race in the Bachelor
Rhetoric of Michael Vicks Apology Speech
Heteronormativity in American Dad
Feminist critique of Orange is the New Black
Religious themes in Harry Potter

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