Projects
This page is a curated collection of well-written, step-by-step guides for learning Rhetoic through hands-on, project-based practice.
What I cannot create, I do not understand — Richard Feynman.
These projects are meant to support learning throughout the curriculum, not only at the end.
By building, writing, creating, or reconstructing real artifacts in the field, learners develop practical understanding alongside theoretical study.
Tutorials
- Deliver your own speech
- Construct your own argument
- Write your own essay
- Craft your own apology
- Write your own rhetorical letter
- Deliver your own eulogy
- Write your own editorial
- Build your own critique
- Design your own visual artifact
Deliver your own speech
- How to Write and Deliver a Persuasive Speech (Toastmasters Guide)
- Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Speech (Write-Out-Loud Tutorial)
Construct your own argument
- How Arguments Work: A Guide to Writing and Analyzing Texts (Open Textbook with templates)
Write your own essay
- How to Write a Rhetorical Analysis Essay Step by Step (Scribbr Guide)
Craft your own apology
- How to Write an Apology Letter (Grammarly Step-by-Step)
Write your own rhetorical letter
- How to Write Letters: A 19th-Century Guide (Epistolary Composition Manual)
Deliver your own eulogy
- How to Write a Eulogy (Legacy Step-by-Step Guide)
Write your own editorial
- How to Write an Editorial (Indeed Step-by-Step)
Build your own critique
- How to Write a Critique (Scribbr Guide—adapt for rhetorical focus)
Design your own visual artifact
- Organizing Your Analysis (Visual Rhetoric) (Purdue OWL—creation guidance)