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Topic: violence in video games
Purpose:
To present an evidence-based (researched) argument about a central conversation in your field, major, or community in an effort to engage a specific public audience
To produce a multimodal text that reflects rhetorical awareness of your target audience, purpose, genre, and medium
Overview: This semester, you’ve analyzed public texts that speak to a central conversation happening in your field, major, or community, and you’ve gained knowledge of different stakeholder perspectives. As you’ve researched your topic, you have likely begun to frame your own perspective, as you’ve found arguments that have appealed to you and evidence that has persuaded you. Now it’s time to enter the conversation.
In the final unit this term, you will carry out the plan you articulated in Project 2, creating a public argument that draws upon the research you’ve conducted this term. Your Public Argument will be submitted in three parts:
Overview: In Unit One you selected a “big question” for the semester and began analyzing how various media were used to approach this question. In Unit Two you refined your understanding of this question into a proposal for an argument in which you identified your stance, your target audience, and the best medium and genre in which to deliver this message. Unit Three will be the culmination of this work.
Purpose: In this unit, you will create the argument you proposed in Unit Two in the medium and genre you identified as best reaching your target audience. Regardless of the medium, you will make rhetorical choices in order to best persuade your audience.
Assignment: Regardless of the medium in which you create your public argument, you will go through a number of steps in doing so, the final step being the actual creation of your argument.
Outline (25 points)
An outline is exactly as it sounds, an outline for what your argument will contain. If you are writing a more traditional academic essay, it will look like a more traditional outline. If you are creating a podcast, the outline will cover the topics and the main points associated with each. A video would require a storyboard and notes, while a comic or photo essay would require a layout and rough sketch. Other media will need something appropriate to highlight your structure.
Rough Draft (25 points)
Regardless of what you are creating, you will need to go through a process of revision and editing, thus your first complete draft will not be your final draft. On the peer review days, you will present what you have to your peers for feedback and suggestions, which you will then apply to your revision and editing process. This may include addition of elements, removal of others, clarification, restructuring, rephrasing, or any other changes that need to be made to make your argument more effective.
Final Product of Public Argument (200)
The final product will be submitted via appropriate methods, so if a video has been posted, a working link will need to be provided, while a podcast may be submitted as an audio file, for example. This final product must also include notes about how feedback was applied, the process of revision employed, and anything else that should be known about this assignment.
(Guidelines regarding length and other appropriate requirements based on the various possible media will be provided to students)
Grading Criteria:
Multimodal Public Argument:
Rhetorical Awareness: Your Public Argument reflects careful attention to your audience, purpose, genre, and medium. Your choices demonstrate a thoughtful consideration of your rhetorical situation.
Argument Development: You present a clear argument (thesis) and provide persuasive support for each claim presented.
Multimodality: Your Public Argument includes a combination of text and visual elements, combining multimodal forms effectively and with purpose.
Organization and Development of Ideas: The text framed around a central argument. Graphics, text, and images are presented coherently for the target audience.
Grammar, Mechanics, Punctuation, Syntax: You have proofread and edited your work to the best of your ability, minimizing errors that undermine the clarity of your message.
Writing Process: You have participating meaningfully in the writing and revision process, using peer and instructor feedback to improve your work.
Reflection:
Rhetorical Awareness: Your Reflection demonstrates a thoughtful consideration of your rhetorical situation, providing a persuasive rationale for your choices.
Organization and Development of Ideas: The Reflection is organized and presents points logically, with fluid transitions between paragraphs.
Grammar, Mechanics, Punctuation, Syntax: You have proofread and edited your work to the best of your ability, minimizing errors that undermine the clarity of your writing.
Writing Process: You have participating meaningfully in the writing and revision process, using peer and instructor feedback to improve your work.
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