PROJECT 3: MULTIGENRE PERSUASIVE CAMPAIGN AND RHETORICAL RATIONALE (WRITER′S STATEMENT) This assignment requires you to investigate a current issue or a debate that is taking place within your field and asks you to take a stance on the topic. Based on your field research and analysis, you will compose three new genre compositions to convince your audiences to take action. To begin, you will take a stance and develop your argument based on the information you have gleaned from the first and second projects. Then, you will identify your audiences; that is, you will decide what audiences would (or should) respond to your argument. For this project, you are required to address one or two unique audiences. Making your audience more concrete and specific will make your rhetorical task easier and will result in a more successful project. Once you have identified your audiences, you will want to consider which three genres will be most effective for reaching your chosen audiences (no brochures). Your genres are your choice, but this choice should be informed by your analysis and assessment of your rhetorical situation. Finally, you will compose your three genres, developing a researched argument that will target the specific audience you identify. In addition, you will write a rationale (Writer ′s Statement) that explains the rhetorical choices you made when composing in each genre and how you see those choices as effective for your purpose, audience, and context. You should explain not only what you did but also why you did what you did. Finally, your rationale should evaluate the effectiveness of your choices, acknowledging when something didn′t work as you intended.
