The Rhetoric of Second Chance: The Invention of Ethos For An Ex-Offender

For many, literacy is reading and writing- a critical tool for ethos construction. But for a marginalized group of ex-offenders, former prison inmates, who were not accustomed to reading and writing as an agent for character invention, the ability to employ literacy and to construct ethos was a chal...

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Main Author: Fofana-Kamara, Modu
Format: Others
Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2011
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Online Access:http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/236
http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1235&context=etd