Projects
"What I cannot create, I do not understand." — Richard Feynman
- Persuasive Speeches
- Rhetorical Analyses
- Opinion Editorials
- Multimodal Essays
- Rhetorical Apologias
- Policy Memos
- Advocacy Letters
- Corpus Analyses
Deliver your own persuasive speeches
- Speech Outlining Guide (Department of Communication, University of Pittsburgh)
- Persuasive Speaking Guide (Department of Communication, University of Pittsburgh)
- Tips for a Persuasive Speech (Toastmasters International)
Write your own rhetorical analyses
- Backpacks vs. Briefcases: Steps Toward Rhetorical Analysis (Laura Bolin Carroll / Writing Spaces)
- How Arguments Work: A Guide to Writing and Analyzing Texts in College (Anna Mills / Open Textbook Library)
- Strategies for Essay Writing (Harvard College Writing Center)
Write your own opinion editorials
- Op-Ed Writing: The Basics (The OpEd Project)
- How to Write an Op-Ed or Column (Communications Program, Harvard Kennedy School)
Produce your own multimodal essays
- An Introduction to and Strategies for Multimodal Composing (Melanie Gagich / Writing Spaces)
- Understanding Visual Rhetoric (Jenae Cohn / Writing Spaces)
- Organizing Your Analysis of Visual Documents (Purdue OWL)
Craft your own rhetorical apologias
- Image Repair Discourse and Crisis Communication (William L. Benoit / Public Relations Review)
- Crisis Management and Communications (Institute for Public Relations)
Write your own policy memos
- Policy Memos Resource (Harvard Kennedy School)
- How to Write a Policy Memo (Communications Program, Harvard Kennedy School)
Write your own advocacy letters
- Writing Letters to Elected Officials (Community Tool Box, University of Kansas)
- Writing Letters to the Editor (Community Tool Box, University of Kansas)