Assignment Analysis

Assignment Analysis

Excelsior College Online Writing Lab Website

http://owl.excelsior.edu/

Jeannie Anderson

Elgin Community College

Waubonsee Community College

College of DuPage

Online Writing Lab

Excelsior College has created a student-friendly, interactive Online Writing Lab (OWL) made up of 10 resource guides that cover a variety of writing topics, including a comprehensive guide to assignment analysis.

Assignment Analysis

http://owl.excelsior.edu/posts/view/11

Begin this unit by reviewing the Assignment Analysis page, including the What Is Rhetoric, and How Can It Help Prezi by Michelle Healy.

Navigation

You will use the green arrows circled in red on the left to navigate to the Assignment Analysis pages

Review each page in the series on the OWL Website

Purpose

Audience

Voice

Changing Audiences Activity

Notice the differences in voice, diction, and tone in each of the three paragraphs

Rhetorical Activity

Complete this activity on the OWL website. Click the Restart button to begin

Rhetorical Activity

Scroll over each Research Purpose for additional information

Example and Assignment

See it in Practice

2-minute video cast of a student explaining her rhetorical analysis for her research paper.

Your Turn Now

In a one-page reflection, address the following:

Summarize the content from this learning module, highlighting the most relevant aspects.

Read the essay 1 assignment: you will be writing a literacy narrative. Explain your purpose, audience, and voice for this assignment.

Reviewing the Steps

It can be confusing to go back and forth between a Powerpoint and a website, so the below link will guide you through the website part of this presentation.

http://screencast.com/t/loWHmHHldBA