WRIT1001 Writing and Rhetoric: Academic Essays

Question:

Corresponding to different aspects of the writing process. you build toward the completion of an argumentative academic essay.

Topic: How has rhetoric been used in arguments about the topic you have chosen? 

To produce a high quality response to this topic, the short writing tasks guide you through the writing process :

• Identify various scholarly and/or non-scholarly viewpoints on your topic and analyse those opinions using rhetorical concepts and terms
• Refer to (and accurately cite) academic sources related to your topic AND related to rhetoric
• Create your own argument that is supported by a rhetorical analysis of the topic
• Use academic sources (both related to your topic AND to rhetoric) to support your claims and define key terms
• Write and present your argument in a style (formality, tone, complexity, layout, etc) that is suitable for an academic reader with general knowledge about your topic and a special interest in the study of rhetoric