(12% class grade)

Rhetorical analysis of a particular artifact of any genre that discuss a specific subtopic of the group topic body. Each student identifies one piece of media that they will analyze. (final running word count: min 1,250 words)

Choose and analyze a cultural artifact that you remember and feel strongly about—one that may have directly or indirectly influenced your perceptions of the world and/or yourself.

Utilize the skills of rhetorical analysis in your response, including:

• Historical and cultural context
• The rhetorical conventions of style, tropes, genre, audience, and purpose
• Medium and genre, and its discourse
• Kairos (timeliness) and exigence (the impetus for the piece to be made in the first place)

Grading Criteria:

Three points (3%) each:

1. Submit all writing on time (for Sept. 24-26 (proposal), Oct. 1 (750 words), and Oct. 10 (1,250 words) deadlines).
2. Meet minimum length requirements.
3. Directly analyze at least one piece of media.
4. Complete and attend peer review.

Timeline:

• Bring a 250 word proposal to our individual conferences next week (2 copies, for me and you)
• 750 words and copies for your group on Monday, October 1
• Peer review Wednesday, October 3
• 1,250 words (final draft) on Wednesday, October 10