Major Essays

open doorsHere in the tabs are the two major essays I have revised and a little reflection on both of them.

Major Essay #1: Rhetorical AnalysisThis assignment will require you to use an important part of your scholarly skill set: Critical Thinking. It addresses Student Learning Outcome (SLO) #1: “Identify and explain the role rhetorical appeals and the rhetorical triangle can play in non-fiction print and/or multimodal texts.” and SLO #5: “Demonstrate knowledge of writing as a process, including consideration of peer and/or instructor feedback, in one or more pieces of writing from initial draft to final revision.” Select a non-fiction source (print based or image based) and write a 1000-1250 (±) word Toulmin-style rhetorical analysis of it. You will want to be comprehensive in your analysis. You may want to consider the 3 parts of Aristotle’s Rhetorical Triangle, as well as the 6 (possible) parts of a Toulmin-style Analysis.

Major Essay #2: Exploring My World: RESEARCH PROPOSAL AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHYThis assignment will address the following SLOs: #1. Identify and explain the role rhetorical appeals and the rhetorical triangle can play in non-fiction print and/or multimodal texts; # 2. Create and sustain across one or more pieces of writing a focused research question that responds to an exigent issue, problem, or debate; and #4. Locate, accurately cite (through summary, paraphrasing, and quoting) and critically evaluate primary and secondary sources. You will select and focus a topic and write a proposal for your final research paper, then research that topic to create an annotated bibliography of 8-10 sources.

 

All the highlighted portions in the revised major essays are changes made that were done after the original work and weren’t made before. This was part of Dino’s revision process.

After Each Main Essay (Major Essay #… … [Revised]) there will be a description and relfection to what changes were made and why.