Research about the culture and professional writing conventions in your field through two expert interviews, and one Rhetorical/Genre analysis
so i have to do an interview with some one professional in my major *(CYBER SECURITY) so basically make up interview and i have questions for you to ask in that interview,,, im interviewing my “dad” and my uncle both of them majoring in cyber security
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Exploring the Writing Conventions and Culture of Your Future Professional Field:
Creating A Guide to Writing with Significance and Worth
Assignment:
Research about the culture and professional writing conventions in your field through two expert interviews, and one Rhetorical/Genre analysis of a specific type of writing vital to your field.
Based on your interviews and/or Rhetorical/Genre analysis explain anything that you learned about the professional culture in your future work field. Also, explain eight to ten specific conventions writers should know.
Next, translate your findings into a guide that incoming freshmen in your major can use to help them learn about the culture and writing conventions of their future profession.
Finally, write a one-page memo to me (formatted like the example memo on p. 314-316 of An Insider’s Guide) explaining how you used ethos, pathos, and logos appeals in your guide to persuasively convey your research to your audience of freshmen.
Objectives:
- Your objective is to perform primary research and to practice using the rhetorical and genre analysis skills, learned in the first two units, as flexible research tools to study writing in your future profession.
- You will also practice communicating persuasively in different modes/genres.
- After everyone presents their projects, you should also be able to describe what makes a significant and worthy writer in various fields
Audiences:
Your audience for the guide to writing is all freshmen in your major.
I am your audience for the memo.
Formats:
Choose to use a genre for your guide that will appeal to incoming freshmen in your major. This guide can be any format, if you can justify in your memo that it will appeal to your audience; past project genres used: a pamphlet; YouTube video; magazine article; news article; Podcast; Prezi, etc. The memo you write to me will be in business memo format; see pages 314-316 in your textbook.
Evaluation:
| Grading Rubric | Points Possible |
| OBJECTIVE 1: Translate your findings from your genre analysis worksheet and/or your interviews into a guide to culture and the 8-10 writing conventions that incoming freshmen in your major can use to help them be significant and worthy writers.30 Points:Do you follow the conventions for your chosen genre? For example, if you decided to write a news article, does it look like, sound like, and use quotes and images like a real news article?40 Points:Through your interviews and analysis, did you learn something significant about writing in your future profession? Do you explain at least 8 specific writing conventions? Did you also show that you learned something significant about the culture of your field? | 70 |
| OBJECTIVE 2: Finally, write a one-page memo to me explaining how you used ethos (show your credibility), pathos (stir up emotions in your audience), and logos (logically present your research) appeals in your guide to convey your research to your audience of freshmen.10 Points:Follow the conventions described in the example memo on p. 315-316.10 Points:You explain to me how you used ethos, pathos, and logos to persuade your audience to listen to you and use the writing conventions that you are trying to teach them. | 20 |
| OBJECTIVE 3: Briefly present your project to the class.10 Points:You will share your guide to writing with the class and post in the reflection discussion board the three most import things you learned from your classmates’ projects. |
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