Demonstrating a sense of purpose
Literary techniques employed (at least 2)
Audience awareness
Grammar and Usage
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| STOP THAT | ||||||
| Millions of Americans are doing something wrong everyday. If they keep doing it, they are going to die?or worse! It is up to you as a concerned citizen to alert America about the dangerous path it is on and to get its inhabitants to Stop that! | ||||||
| Your mission is to write an editorial piece for a newspaper (1) to inform your fellow citizens of they danger they are putting themselves in and (2) to persuade them away from their dangerous ways. | ||||||
| Step 1: Decide what you think the absolute biggest risk Americans are taking daily that is putting them in jeopardy, perhaps without their knowledge. Is it related to physical health, emotional health, mental health, or social health? How do ;Americans expose themselves to this hazard and how often? Define the risk you wish to persuade your fellow Americans to avoid. | ||||||
| Step 2: Decide who needs to hear about this risk and how you plan to reach them. That is, are you going to address the problem on the local level by writing an editorial for The Robesonian, or do you want to reach a wider audience with a national paper? | ||||||
| Step 3: Define your writing task by completing the following sentence: | ||||||
| As a concerned citizen (and a __________________), I am writing an editorial for people who _________________________________________________________________in order to persuade them to_________ | ||||||
| _________________________________________________________________________________________________. | ||||||
| Your editorial will be 1-2 pages long and should follow the Formal Essay Format outlined in your syllabus, and it will be graded on the following criteria:Organization Demonstrating a sense of purpose Literary techniques employed (at least 2) Audience awareness Grammar and Usage |
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| This will be your first major writing grade. | ||||||