At the end of the semester, you will submit a Final Project demonstrating some of the knowledge you have gained in this class. The class members will start presenting these projects to the class at the end of November. For this blog post, you are going to do some prewriting for your Final Project.
Inventing Your Final Project's Content: Read the Final Project assignment sheet posted to Blackboard. Then, think about the theories and course concepts discussed in class so far (rhetorical canons, rhetorical appeals, etc) and skim the chapters that will be reviewed in the next weeks (the chapters on dramatism, critical approaches to rhetoric, and rhetoric/media/technology, etc). Think about which theories/concepts are most interesting to you, and then brainstorm about how you could apply them to a project possible for this assignment. You could hand-write or type your ideas in a Word document (save it). Remember: you can write a rhetorical analysis of an artifact (a speech, an advertisement campaign, etc) or do another creative project.
Topic and Format: Based on your brainstorming, decide whether you are going to do a written project (perform a rhetorical analysis, write a speech, a fictional dialogue, etc), a visual project (a video, etc), or a web project. Post your possible topic and the format of your project to your blog (use full sentences, such as "For the final project, I plan to ..." Or you could open subtitles in your blog, such as "topic and format" and list your ideas besides the title).
Description of the Project and Argument: In about a paragraph, briefly describe your project. Your project should consist of a clear argument that aligns with the project format. So, think about your tentative argument (this could be further developed and revised, as you work on your project), and include it in your description.
Audience and Context: Determine the audience for your project, and note it in your blog post.
Context: Determine the context that your project could be used, and note it in your blog post.
