Taking Care of The Environment Green Environment Questions
Question Description
Answer these questions then start to do the essay
Questions
Why is the issue that you have been researching important and timely? What kind of problem does this issue create? Name the issue, and drawing from your previous research, provide some context as to its background, and briefly note what you already know about this issue.
What persons or organizations would be (or are currently) interested in this issue? Why? Who would not be interested in this issue. Why not?
What do you know about the non-engaged stakeholder(s)? If you have a tangible person or group of people in mind, provide information and describe their non-engagement as best as you can. If you have a more generic sense of a non-engaged stakeholder, how would you define what characterizes this person or group of people who will be the audience that you persuade?
What kinds of questions do you anticipate your audience asking?
Your multimodal argument has a combination of intended purposes: to educate, engage, and empower. What kind of information do you need to provide to educate the non-engaged stakeholder? Give at least 3 examples. Why do you need this information?
Appealing to an audience’s sense of reason and logic with facts, examples, statistics, models is an effective way to educate your audience, but what do you think is the most convincing evidence you could provide that might persuade the non-engaged stakeholder that your argument has merit? Name at least 3 points.
What do you see as possible points of resistance in convincing your audience of the value in engaging in your issue? How will you overcome and refute this resistance without offending your audience?
What frame of mind do you want to put your audience in to appeal to their sense of emotion? How might you create an emotional response to your plea to have your audience take on your cause?
Why should your audience believe in you? What ethos do you bring to the argument? How might you build on the credibility, reputation, or trustworthiness of others who make similar arguments? Think about how your audience could identify with your appeals to ethos. Draw from your research for some examples.
What kind of action do you think would advance your cause or present a reasonable solution to the problem your issue creates? What are the steps to taking this action? How will you incentivize your audience to agree with this action? What obstacles still stand in your way, and what can you do to remove them?
What tone do you think would be most effective in convincing your non-engaged stakeholder to come around to your way of thinking? Why do you think this tone will be effective, and how will you create this tone?
Your project 3 assignment requires 3 new sources you have not previously used, based on your preliminary responses to these questions, in what direction should your expanded research take you? Specifically, in what areas do you need more evidence to deliver an effective multimodal argument?
Overview
Since you have been engaged in investigating a particular issue, you have become familiar with multiple perspectives that inform your knowledge. You are, indeed, a stakeholder who is invested in the outcome of the issue you have been researching, and in this assignment, your objective is to convince an audience who is uninvolved, unconcerned, uninterested, or not invested to find value in your argument and to agree to your call to action. Such a task requires you to invite your audience into the conversation about your topic by anticipating the kinds of questions they might have and providing them with the kind of information that they would need to decide to take the action you recommend. You’ll want to make good use of your written and visual evidence as you give your audience reasons they will value as you educate, engage, and empower this non-engaged audience through the writing of your multimodal argument.
Skills & Strategies
This Part 1 assignment will help you to
build on information literacy, visual analysis, and critical thinking skills
expose you to different modes of composing
analyze the stakeholder’s reasons for non-engagement and the potential to become engaged and empowered
apply effective rhetorical strategies to educate, engage, and empower
substantiate your multimodal argumentative essay with research and evidence
consider your rhetorical choices related to the multiple modes of construction included in your Multimodal Argument and the way they convey your intended meaning
identify and develop organizational strategies that contribute to the effective delivery of information and presentation
construct an introduction and a call to action thesis that concludes what you determine is a reasonable solution to the problem you have conveyed
write a conclusion that highlights the main points and considers forward-thinking research ideas for research/action
cite sources according to the
