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PWR 2PT

Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Bearing Witness

UNITS:4
GRADING:Letter (ABCD/NP)
LEVEL:Undergrad
GER:Writing 2

PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. Eyewitness accounts can provide hope, record history, and act as a powerful form of resistance. Bearing witness can also be a rhetorical device used by authors, activists, politicians, and others for different purposes. In this class, you will develop a research project about different forms, strategies, and goals of bearing witness. A full course description and video can be found here: pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2pt For the PWR course catalog please visit https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/ Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.

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Sections

1 Term
Seminar 1Open
ID: 26315
0 / 17 enrolled
DAYS:Monday, Wednesday
TIME:1:30 PM – 3:20 PM
LOCATION:160-331
INSTRUCTOR:
Tokofsky, Peter
4units
Seminar 2Open
ID: 26316
0 / 17 enrolled
DAYS:Monday, Wednesday
TIME:3:30 PM – 5:20 PM
LOCATION:160-331
INSTRUCTOR:
Tokofsky, Peter
4units

PWR 2PT: Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Bearing Witness

4 units · Letter (ABCD/NP) · GER: Writing 2

PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. Eyewitness accounts can provide hope, record history, and act as a powerful form of resistance. Bearing witness can also be a rhetorical device used by authors, activists, politicians, and others for different purposes. In this class, you will develop a research project about different forms, strategies, and goals of bearing witness. A full course description and video can be found here: pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2pt For the PWR course catalog please visit https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/ Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.

Offered in Autumn 2026 at Stanford University.

Autumn 2026 sections

  • Seminar — Monday Wednesday 3:30 PM – 5:20 PM — 160-331 — Tokofsky, Peter (Undergrad)
  • Seminar — Monday Wednesday 1:30 PM – 3:20 PM — 160-331 — Tokofsky, Peter (Undergrad)

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