WRITING ASSIGNMENT

The Importance of creating an ideal workplace:

This assignment contains two parts, each requiring a written response of 200 words (400 total). In order to receive full credit, both parts of this assignment must be submitted and all questions should be addressed.

Part 1

First, revisit the concepts involved in understanding rhetorical situations. Consider the rhetorical situations in your own writing or in your life – apply it to something you’ve written for school, for work, something you’ve written to a friend or family member, or some other purpose. Pick two examples of writing you’ve done recently, and complete this reflection exercise as you think about the rhetorical situation for each.

For example, you might discuss an email you sent to a professor and a text that you sent to a group chat. Or, you could discuss a report that you wrote for work and a caption you wrote on an Instagram post. You do not need to include the writing in your submission – you only need to reflect on them.

Explain both rhetorical situations in about 200 words total:

What are the audiences for each of those examples?

How would you define the genre of each – what are its conventions? A good way to think about the conventions of a genre is to consider what the audiences for each expect from the genre. What does the reader expect to see?

For example, a horror movie’s conventions might be blood and gore, suspense, and characters who always go somewhere they should not. Its purpose is to scare and entertain by scaring.

Alternatively, when we read a research essay, the conventions are that it will be properly formatted, in a professional tone, will have some sort of thesis statement , and will cite credible research. The purpose here is to inform.

Look back to Projects 1 and 2, the exercises you did for those projects – what writing concepts can you identify from across the semester that you might consider important to understanding your own writing?

Why do you think understanding the rhetorical situation might be important to know when you’re writing?