Assignment: Backpacks vs. Briefcases
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.
Submitting: a website URL
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: 70Submitting: 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 |