propose a solution

Continue exploring the problem that you’ve been working with for the last two writing assignments. Now, you will propose a solution to this problem and present it to a select audience via the genre of your choosing.

Your solution should be something NEW to your local community, or a significant improvement on an attempt that failed in the past. Perhaps you have an idea for a program, technology, or app that doesn’t yet exist. Or, maybe there is something out there in its infancy that you want to move forward.

There are many ways to approach the research, including looking at other communities that have viable solutions to the same problem. Maybe that solution would also work in your city, neighborhood, workplace, school, or home?

Important Considerations

Of all of the members in your local community, who is most able to incite change and bring your solution to life?
What genre is most appropriate for reaching this individual or group?
What does this audience need to know about the problem, before I present my solution?
How will you incorporate rhetorical appeals–ethos, pathos, logos–to convince your audience to accept your proposal?
How can you recognize and refute potential opposition?

Basic Requirements

2,000 total words (NOT including Works Cited page or multimodal components)
A minimum of ten total citations from at least five credible sources (e.g. book, magazine, newspaper, online journal, film, speech, interview, etc.); be sure to include both scholarly and reliable, local source materials.
A minimum of three informative, multimodal components (i.e. charts, graphs, maps, etc.)
Consult AWR or Purdue OWL for proper MLA formatting (in-text citations + Works Cited page).
IMPORTANT NOTE: You must earn at least a C on the proposal in order to pass ENG 102, regardless of other points earned.

Genre Ideas

For this proposal, select a genre that is more formal than what you may have selected for the first project and different from the second. An academic essay is not likely a genre that we would use for most audiences in a real-world, local context. Consider one of the following:

A business letter
A memo
An email
An article
A pamphlet/brochure
A newsletter
A manual
A website

Peer Review

Rough drafts will be required in the peer review drop box by 11:59 p.m. on November 24.
You will leave feedback for your peer by 11:59 p.m. on November 25.
Use some or all of the provided feedback to guide your revisions. Keep an open mind. 🙂

Final Draft

You will submit your final draft to this drop box on November 30.
You can use a traditional file format with a processor like Word or Google docs. Or, you can utilize other multimedia genres to get creative.
Once you’ve decided what technology you might be interested in, make sure that Canvas will support the file type that you are using by checking out this list. When the time comes, this assignment drop box (and that of the peer review) will allow submission in the form of website URLs, media recordings, and file uploads. You may need to export your work to an acceptable file type if you don’t see yours on the list. Just FYI. 🙂

Grading and Feedback

Submissions will be graded within one week of the due date.
Feedback will be minimal as revisions are not permitted.