rhetorical analysis of a self-made project (newspaper article about zombies)

rhetorical analysis of a self-made project (newspaper article about zombies)

Type of document       Essay   6 Pages Subject area  English Academic Level           Undergraduate

Style    MLA     Number of sources/references          3

Order description:

the class theme is zombies. the first part of the project is a persuasive article that I made up imitating a newspaper article. the second part of the project is rhetorically analyzing the article and the choices I have made to make this essay effective on the audience. so please read instructions/ prompt anything that would help.

the prompt:

Purpose

 

You’ve been reading (and watching) zombie stuff all quarter. Now it’s time to make your own. But instead of being the audience, you get to become the creator, sending your message of zombie goodness (or badness, or whatever) to the audience and context of your choosing, in the genre you define, and for your own purposes.

 

You’re in control. The catch: you have a lot of analysis to do before you create. All of your rhetorical choices must be deliberate, and reflect your understanding of both genre and rhetoric.

 

 

Assignment:

The RIP assignment, again, has two parts: project and essay.

 

 

Project:

 

Your job: create something awesome.

 

Choose a purpose and context that reflects/uses the zombie apocalypse (or just zombies)

Choose an appropriate genre for your project, including medium and speaker.

Figure out your audience, and choose your rhetorical approach accordingly

 

 

The RIP project should involve a text-based genre and can involve, but is not limited to, the following:

 

Academic or scientific article for a specific audience/publication;

Dictionary/travel guide/educational materials;

Philosophical treatise;

Website/blog;

Op-Ed or other news genre;

How-to/instructional manual;

Manifesto/policy statement/mission statement/platform/declaration;

Script/storyboard for a trailer, commercial, or other short media (the video portion is optional)

Essay:

 

You will also write a companion essay that describes your creative and revision process, analyzes the rhetorical choices you made and assesses your success at meeting your goals in this project. (Think “making of” documentary.) The essay should build on your work in the RA essay and include secondary sources that demonstrate, among other things, your understanding of your chosen genre and your understanding of the texts/ideas you’ve studied throughout the quarter.

 

 

Requirements

Because this is a project that may take time, the planning for the RIP project starts early. Written proposals (from an informal “ideas” dump in week 2, to a more formal and detailed proposal in later weeks) will be turned in at key points during the quarter, and should show that you’re engaged with the creative work of planning all parts of the project (purpose, audience, genre, etc.)

 

Drafts, peer review, and revision are required elements of the assignment.

 

Multiple drafts, peer review and revision are required elements of the assignment. The RIP project’s length depends on the purpose, audience and genre. The RIP essay is usually about 6 to 7 pages long, and includes a works cited page and working bibliography with annotations. A total of three (3) sources must be cited in the essay, though the working bibliography may have 10 or more sources that you read in the process.

also, think of these questions!

Describing the key features of the genre. (AGWR!)

 

the FORM your genre will take (style, tone)

the MEDIUM you will use (cookbook, script, advertisement campaign, online game review, Tumblr page, print article)

  1. What do you want your audience to feel or think (or do) after reading/experiencing your project? Do your samples achieve that goal? HOW?

 

 

  1. What does your genre need in order to work (at its most basic level)? (Like–a story needs rising action, a climax, and resolution, and a character who develops over the course of the plot.) In other words–what are the very most basic requirements for a successful example of this genre? Look at your samples. HOW do they achieve their genre conventions? Look for specifics. (ex: cookbooks have recipes which list ingredients/procedure for making the meal)

 

 

  1. What does the audience expect from your genre(s)? What expectations will you fulfill, and why? Look at your samples and identify where it fulfills those expectations, and make note of HOW it does so.

 

 

  1. Which genre conventions will you break, and why? (Of both the zombie genre and the genre of the other half of your project) HOW do you anticipate those changes affecting your audience’s reception of your work? Be specific.

 

 

  1. What trouble do you foresee in your execution of the project?

also my professer expect these to be anaswered:

  1. Introduction: How detailed is the summary of the rhetorical situation for your RIP project? Have you included Rhetor, Purpose, Message (Medium & Genre), Audiences, Historical/Cultural Context?

 

  1. Paragraph: How clearly do you state what ethos you will adopt for the project? (cookbook author, TA) If you’re writing a fictional work (diary, story), is the ethos of each character carefully described?

 

  1. Paragraph: How specific is the target audience described: who they are, what they consider important, what needs/expectations they may have?

 

  1. Paragraph: How detailed is your description of how your project addresses/targets that audience?

 

  1. Paragraph: How clearly do you describe the genre(s) of the project and list specific conventions expected of texts in this genre? (Diary, cookbook, etc) This is where you discuss your sample texts, and how they work, and how your project will depart from or use those conventions.

 

  1. Paragraph: How thoroughly do you describe the zombie protocols which you’re using or breaking for this project, and your reasons for breaking or using them?

 

  1. Paragraph: How clearly do you describe *your* purpose for creating the text (what you want the audience to know, feel, think, how you wants the audience to react)?

 

  1. Paragraph: How specifically do you describe what you intend as the primary message of the text? Have you distinguished between purpose and message? Also, is the purpose/message of the text related to an analytical point that was discussed in class? If so, mention that!

 

  1. Paragraph: How detailed is your description/explanation of the process of creating the project?

they check for plagiarism, therefore, don’t copy and it will be submitted using Turnitin