Sample Syllabi and Assignments

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• PWR 1 Samples & Assignments
• PWR 2 Samples & Assignments

PWR 1 Sample Syllabi & Assignment Sheets

PWR 1 Syllabi Samples

1. Rhetoric and Deception
2. If These Walls Could Talk: The Rhetoric of Places and Spaces
3. Soap Operas and Soap Boxes: The Rhetoric of Performance

Rhetorical Analysis Assignment

• Assignment Overview
• Assignment Samples:
  1. Analysis of a visual or verbal text focused on gaming culture
  2. Analysis of a reading or webpage focusing on a technology-related issue
  3. Analysis of the introduction to Laura Byrne Paquet's The Urge to Splurge (2003)
  4. Analysis of a university website about its dining program

Texts in Conversation Assignment

• Assignment Overview
• Assignment Samples
  1. Using six sources to explore three different perspectives on an issue related to Technology & Culture, in preparation for developing the student's own research-based argument
  2. Exploring a research topic on Urban life by situating it in relation to three different contexts and perspectives
  3. Using the genre of the "Keynote Address" to explore the debate (and sources) surrounding an issue related to global rhetoric

PWR 1 Research-based Argument Assignment

• Assignment Overview
• Assignment Samples
  1. For topics associated with gaming culture
  2. For topics associated with technology and culture
  3. For topics associated with the rhetoric of criminality
  4. For topics associated with the rhetoric and politics of food

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 PWR 2 Sample Syllabi & Assignment Sheets

PWR 2 Syllabi Samples

1. The Rhetoric of Fun: The Festival, the Carnival and the Circus
2. New Technologies of Identity: Web 2.0 and the Rhetoric of Digital Culture
3. The Rhetoric of Reality Culture
4. A Planet on Edge: The Rhetoric of Sustainable Energy

PWR 2 Research Proposal Assignment

• Assignment Overview
• Assignment Samples
  1. A written proposal in the form of a conference proposal composed in response to a Conference Call for Papers
  2. An oral presentation, using PowerPoint, that presents an idea for revitalizing an existing ad campaign
  3. A written prospectus and oral presentation proposing a research topic related to the larger issue of sustainable energy.
  4. An oral presentation focused on arguing why a popular existing literary magazine should serve as a model for a future, new kind of publication

PWR 2 Research-based Argument Assignment

• Assignment Overview
• Assignment Samples
  1. For topics associated with the rhetoric of the monstrous
  2. For topics associated with the rhetoric of sustainable energy
  3. For topics associated with literary magazines

PWR 2 Research Presentation Assignment

• Assignment Overview
• Assignment Samples
  1. Research presentation based on principles of Edward Tufte and Andrea Lunsford
  2. Research presentation based on a Critical Analysis essay on the rhetoric of ethnic identity; no multimedia support.
  3. Research presentation on transnational rhetoric, using multimedia support.

PWR 2 Research Reflection Assignment

• Assignment Overview
• Assignment Samples
  1. A reflection produced in written or video blog form.
  2. A reflection produced in essay or epistolary form, with the option of addressing to an appropriate or constructed audience.

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See Also

• PWR 1 Curriculum & Assignment Sequence
• PWR 2 Curriculum & Assignment Sequence

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