Writing Projects

• Response Papers: 4 critical response papers (2-3 pages) in which you explore class discussions and readings in some detail, working through ideas, frustrations, and epiphanies that we can then further explore in class. Responses are due (posted to blackboard) by noon on the Mon or Wed before the reading is to be discussed in class. You will do the first two before Spring Break and the second 2 after Spring Break.
  
  
• First Paper: 4-5-pages in which you analyze a public speech we have not discussed in class. In this paper you should present a coherent argument and adequately develop it with evidence from our readings.
  
  
• Second Paper: 8-10-pages in which you develop a carefully crafted critical or theoretical essay that focuses on/is grounded in a rhetorical artifact, event, or text(s) of your choice or a theoretical question. Writers should follow the scholarly and writing conventions outlined in the current MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Paper.s Given that this is a 400-level writing class, I am working from the assumption that you are already familiar with MLA style. If you’re not, you might want to purchase The MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (available at just about any book store).