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Greetings,
Throughout the semester, you'll be reading and writing with your textbook and
my Web page Composition as Action, Expression, and Reflection - 5 Factors of
the Rhetorical Situation as guides for composing and for analyzing compositions
by yourself and by others. To provide practice and a framework for understanding
the concept of rhetorical situation, you will compose Version 2 of your
Introduction and then compose a Rhetorical Analysis of both versions. You'll
reconsider Version 1, the Introduction Letter to Classmates that you have already
submitted to Blackboard, compose Version 2 in a different genre and for
a different audience, analyze and compare both versions, and submit Version
2 and your analysis at the Blackboard Discussion Board for your classmates to
read and view. Regards,
Donna Reiss
| Analyze Introduction
Version 1 | -
Read in The Call To Write:
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Part 1 Introduction
(2-6) -
Chapter
1 "What is Writing? Analyzing Literacy Events" (7-31) -
Chapter 2 "Reading
Strategies: Analyzing a Rhetorical Situation" (32-62) -
Analyze the rhetorical situation of your posted Introduction
Letter Version 1 — take notes as you read — for the following
five rhetorical factors:
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Audience ("relationship
to readers") -
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Context ("social context") -
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| Compose Introduction
Version 2 |
- Compose Version 2
of your introduction in which you introduce yourself again as a scholar, writer,
and/or reader: You can take any approach you like so long as you do the
following:
- Include at least 150 words of text,
- Compose
for a different audience and in a different genre than Version 1
— and be prepared to identify the specific audience and genre for each version
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Submit electronically in a format we can access (widely accesible software
platforms such as Word, WordPerfect, Powerpoint, html Web page - check with us
at the Cyberlounge about other formats)
- For Version 2, you can
adapt to a "real" or fictional rhetorical situation, narrow or expand
your focus and the details, include appropriate visual images, and adjust the
content as appropriate. Here are some possible approaches:
- Job
or school application letter
- Scholarship or grant proposal
- Brochure
- Poster
- Video
- Play
or poem
- Personals ad
- Presentation (oral or electronic or both)
- Web
page
- Mixed media
- Examples from previous semesters (pdf
files):
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| Compose Analysis
of Introduction Version 2 and Version 1 |
- Analyze
the rhetorical situation of your Version 2 for the following five rhetorical
factors — take notes:
- Purpose
- Audience ("relationship
to readers")
- Voice
- Context ("social context")
- Genre
- Compose
a 350-450-word rhetorical analysis of the two versions of your Introduction,
answering the following questions and explaining your response:
- What
were some of the significant similarities and differences in your writing process?
- How
and why did you make the choices for the five factors of the rhetorical situation
as you planned and composed each version?
- What are some of
the significant similarities and differences in the resulting product?
- How
did your rhetorical choices affect the similarities and differences of
the resulting products?
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| Submission Guidelines |
Save
Introduction Version 2 and your written rhetorical analysis in a single word processed
document if possible (Version 2 first followed by analysis) so that you can copy-paste
to the Blackboard Discussion Board. - If your Version 2 is a format that
cannot be pasted into a Blackboard message, for example, a PowerPoint presentation,
brochure, or poster with visual effects:
- Review the Communication and
Submission Guidelines for attachments and submissions to email and Blackboard.
Your name and course identification must appear clearly within any file
attachment you submit.
- Write a brief note inviting us to view the attachment,
explaining briefly what format file is attached and why.
- Name the attached
file eng111-intro2-Smart-P (use your own last name and first initial, not
Pat Smart's).
- If your Version 2 is posted to the Web, include
in your Blackboard message and in your analysis the complete URL (Web address
including http:// ) so we can visit the site.
- Although
not required, do feel free to view and Reply to your classmates' Version
2 and analyses if you wish.
| Introductory
Online Letters for Learning
for educational purposes only
developed and copyright ©1996 by D. Reiss
modified and copyright ©24 May 2003 by D. Reiss
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