7.5: Assignment - Backpacks vs. Briefcases
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- 19546
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For this activity, you will demonstrate your ability to make connections with the text and critically think, read, and write. This work will serve as the foundation for understanding what a Rhetorical Analysis is as well as how to apply the knowledge to your own Rhetorical Analysis work.
Directions
- Review the grading rubric as listed on this page.
- Download Backpacks vs Briefcases: Steps Toward Rhetorical Analysis.
- Annotate the text.
- Answer the following questions in a Google Doc:
- What are the implications of rhetorical analysis? (p. 3, p. 46)
- What is the “rhetorical situation”? (p. 5, p.48)
- What is the argument in rhetorical analysis? (p. 9, p. 52)
- What does context have to do with Rhetorical Analysis? (p.12, p.55)
- Why is rhetorical analysis important in college? (p.14, p.57)
- What are examples of rhetoric that you see and hear on a daily basis?
- What are some ways that you create rhetoric?
- Copy and paste your final answers into a new WordPress blog post.
- Submit the URL of your blog post to your instructor.
Grading
Points: 70
Submitting: a website URL
| Backpacks vs. Briefcases KEEP | |||||||
| Criteria | Ratings | Points | |||||
| Explains Implications of Rhetorical Analysis | Full marks 10 pts |
No marks 0 pts |
10 pts | ||||
| Defines the Rhetorical Situation | Full marks 10 pts |
No marks 0 pts |
10 pts | ||||
| Explains the Argument in Rhetorical Analysis | Full marks 10 pts |
No marks 0 pts |
10 pts | ||||
| Explains What Content Has to Do with Rhetorical Analysis | Full marks 10 pts |
No marks 0 pts |
10 pts | ||||
| Explains Why Rhetorical Analysis is Important in College | Full marks 10 pts |
No marks 0 pts |
10 pts | ||||
| Offers Examples of Rhetorical Analysis in Life | Full marks 10 pts |
No marks 0 pts |
10 pts | ||||
| Explains Ways Student Creates Rhetoric | Full marks 10 pts |
No marks 0 pts |
10 pts | ||||
| Apply strategies for improving writing responses. | Exceeds expectations 0 pts |
Meets expectations 0 pts |
Does not meet expectations 0 pts |
0 pts | |||
| TOTAL POINTS | 70 pts | ||||||