Friday, March 17, 2017

AF: The MVA Rationale

The Rationale is turned in separately from your actual MVA, but it IS a part of your overall word count.  Do a good job with this assignment!


The Rationale for the Multivoiced Argument Project

Please answer the following questions and submit it to Turnitin.com by midnight on March 30, 2017.   This part of the assignment is worth 30 points, or 15% of the entire project; I am looking for thoughtful, complete answers.  Please type your paper, number your answers, and answer as fully as possible.

1.    What is your research and persuasive goal?

2.    Who is your audience for this project?  Describe in detail.

3.    What do you most want readers to see in your project?  How did you get this “thesis” across?

4.    How did you choose your genres and why are they appropriate for your audience and persuasive goal?

5.    How do the genres work together to form a unified whole? How did you determine what types of transitions to use between sections of your paper and what types of strategies did you use to achieve unity and clarity?

6.    How did you use your researched sources in your pieces?  How does a reader know how you used your research?

7.    Where did you take the most risks?

8.    What do you like best about your paper?

9.    What would you improve if you would have had more time?

10. Offer advice to new readers of multivoiced texts.  How might they best make sense of your project?  Offer advice on how to enter the text, how to move through the text, and how to come out on the other side with understanding.  (This is the main content of your Dear Reader Letter.)

11. Compare this paper in style and approach to other research projects you have tackled in the past.  Did multigenre style shape how you see yourself as an arguer?

12. What am I not seeing in this paper?  What did you not include?  What is behind the scenes?  Did you enjoy writing this paper?  Did you struggle with procrastination?  Did you write something that you were not able to use?

13. What advice can you offer next year’s writers of this assignment?

14. What advice can you offer me as a teacher of multivoice argument?  May I keep your paper?

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