THE RHETORICAL ANALYSIS FINAL ESSAY   This week, you will complete the three-to-four-page (750-1000 words) Rhetorical Analysis Essay you began working on in Week 3. Draw upon the Week 3 and Week 4 discussions, the lessons, and textbook readings to help you understand and meet the requirements for the Rhetorical Analysis Essay. Other than finding […]

One of the most important research skills you will learn is the ability to summarize a source in your own words. Once you have settled on a topic for your Rhetorical Strategies Persuasive Essay (see the assignment description under Week 5: Assignments, for more details), you’ll need to start searching for appropriate sources.   Once […]

The week before the holiday party, Adam calls John into his office. “I need you to give a speech to your co-workers during the party,” Adam says. John is terrified of speaking in public, so Adam agrees to help him choose a topic.   After discussing possible topics for an hour, John notices some common […]

Question 1 Caroline told her mother, Lisa, that she didn’t feel well and would probably miss her class at the community college the following afternoon. Lisa knew that Caroline was just nervous. Caroline’s marketing professor had asked all of the students to give a ten minute speech in front of an elementary education class. Caroline […]

Question 1 Nora and Sean are salespeople at a hardware distribution company. Nora has just joined the company, and Sean is a 10-year veteran. Both attended a full-day training session about building effective communication with customers delivered by Olivia, a member of human resources.   Because Nora is new to the company, this was her […]

Tony is a local dentist and father of three young children. He does not like public speaking, but his neighborhood association asked him to represent their concerns about the traffic, noise, and population increase that could result from a proposed housing development at a town council meeting last week. The audience at the public meeting […]

Tony is a local dentist and father of three young children. He does not like public speaking, but his neighborhood association asked him to represent their concerns about the traffic, noise, and population increase that could result from a proposed housing development at a town council meeting last week. The audience at the public meeting […]

Pamela is about to deliver a persuasive speech about why the senior class should elect her as President. She begins by stating that anyone who supports her opponent wants the school’s athletic teams to be completely de-funded.   This logical fallacy is best described as (A) __________ .   A a red herring bandwagon appeal […]

Stephen has joined an international company as the chief operating officer. His department oversees manufacturing plants in five countries. The senior management team has asked him to host a company meeting on a live video feed to celebrate the company’s recent win of an industry award. Stephen, already nervous about making a good first impression, […]

Caroline is a new staff reporter for a newspaper near Jackson, Georgia. Her first assignment is a protest organized by an anti-death penalty group outside of the local prison. There is a prisoner on death row who is scheduled for execution in two months, but is in the final stages of his last appeal.    […]