Rhetoric in Practice RIP Possibilities Project Presentation Presentation of Five RIP Ideas On the horizon lies our next exciting ADVENTURE: the Rhetoric I

Rhetoric in Practice RIP Possibilities Project Presentation Presentation of Five RIP Ideas

On the horizon lies our next exciting ADVENTURE: the Rhetoric In Practice Project.

Write down one idea for a project and answer the following questions:

What is this text’s purpose and message?
What audience do you plan to target?
Based on #1 and #2 above, what genre do you think would work best forthis project?
What is the text’s context? When and where will this imaginary text bereleased?
What will be the written component of this project? [literally: where willthe written words come in?]
How does it relate to our course theme? [Unnatural Creatures]
What makes you interested in and passionate about this project idea?
Describe in more detail any thoughts you have about this project andabout how you might put it together.

Now, write down FOUR MORE IDEAS for projects. Answer questions 1-8, above, about these new ideas, for a total of five (5) possible RIPs.

Create a Powerpoint or Prezi Presentation for us to look at in class.

The presentations don’t have to be completely formal, this is for you to get your ideas out there and receive feedback in a multi-modal way!

The topic in our course is “Unnatural Creature”, and Related article examples are “blood child”, “Young King” and “the ones who walk away from the Omelas”

This assignment doesn’t need to be very formal. It should includes five possible RIPs and make a simple powerpoint and a presentation text.

More details are in the ppt below. RIP
Rhetoric In Practice Project
What is the RIP?
• The RIP consists of two sections: Project and
Essay
– The Project is a text-based piece of rhetoric
related to the Unnatural Creatures class theme.
You will construct it to target a certain audience
and achieve a certain purpose.
– The Essay is a written document that describes all
the rhetorical choices you made in your project,
regarding each aspect of the rhetorical situation,
and how those choices contribute to your projects
effectiveness.
STEP ONE: Choose a
Message/Purpose, Audience, &
Context
• PURPOSE & AUDIENCE: What do you want
to communicate, and who do you want to
communicate to?
• PURPOSE should be specific and clear. Are
you informing? Persuading? Instructing?
Entertaining? Your text should have a
primary purpose, and several secondary
purposes.
• Your AUDIENCE should be specific and well
researched. Avoid broad audiences (men,
doctors) and narrow in on something specific
(long-haired hamsters, single men that work
at 7eleven etc).
*Check out this high-grade sample on the class Canvas (week 7
overview)
STEP ONE: Choose a
Message/Purpose, Audience, & Context
• Your CONTEXT is very important to how your
text will be received and understood. Is your
proposed project going to be released this year?
Ten years ago? Five hundred years in the future?
Is the culture your releasing it into our culture in
America? Is it on another planet? Is it a fantasy
culture? What are the values, beliefs, trends and
assumptions present in the context you’ve
chosen? THIS WILL REQUIRE RESEARCH!
STEP TWO: Defining Genre
• Once you’ve determined your audience, purpose
and context, you’ll need to determine what
MEDIUM and GENRE would be the most
effective for delivering your message. Once
you’ve determined your genre, it’s important to
research the CONVENTIONS using model
texts. Will your message be more effective by
following or subverting those conventions?
Potential Genres:
• Game design
• Video game design document
(http://stemchallenge.org/resources/game-design-documents/)
• Theme park ride design (http://entertainmentdesigner.com/)
• Newspaper article or op-ed
• Magazine article (feature, interview, advice column, etc.)
• Letter to the editor
• Personality profile
• Psychological profile or case study
(https://www.nytimes.com/column/think-like-a-doctor;
https://www.nytimes.com/column/diagnosis)
• Casting breakdown
• How-to guide
Presentations:
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Pitch
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Movie pitch
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Business pitch
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Elevator pitch
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Speech
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Commencement speech
TED talk https://www.ted.com/talks
Business proposal
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Legal brief
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Police report
Coroner’s report
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Eulogy
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Case study
Graphic novel
Comics
http://digitalwriting.pbworks.com/w/pa
ge/17812425/ComicsGraphicNovelsE-
Zines
Video trailer
Play
Film treatment
Syllabus
Scientific article
Museum gallery exhibition cards
ttp://www.museumsassociation.org/mus
eum-practice/text-and-labels
Brochure
Advertisement campaign, public service
announcement (magazine, online)
Satire http://www.theonion.com/;
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/
Hybrid genres
TOOLS & RESOURCES
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Potential Blog Models
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http://fivethirtyeight.com/ (political news blog)
http://www.rawstory.com/ (political news blog)
http://kotaku.com/ (gamer blog)
http://www.themarysue.com/ (gender and pop culture blog)
http://houseoffame.blogspot.com/ (the Chaucer blog!)
http://abovethelaw.com/ (legal blog)
http://www.cracked.com/
http://www.clickhole.com/features/blog/
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Potential Podcast Models
http://www.radiolab.org/
http://snapjudgment.org/podcast
https://serialpodcast.org/
TOOLS & RESOURCES
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Website Builder Tools
UCI Google Sites
(https://sites.google.com/a/uci.edu)
http://www.wix.com/
https://www.weebly.com/?lang=en
https://wordpress.com/
http://blogger.com/
http://www.tumblr.com/
http://www.squarespace.com/
https://medium.com/ (a place to
publish personal essays, stories, etc.)
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Other Online Tools
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PowToon (animated videos)
VideoScribe (whiteboard animations)
Moovly (animated videos)
ClipChamp (online video editor)
WeVideo (online video editor)
OnlineVideoCutter (online video editor)
TOOLS & RESOURCES
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Make Infographics
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Canva
Venngage
Visme
Piktochart
Animaker (animated infographics)
Easel.ly
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Make/Host Video Games
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Miscellaneous Tools
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Twine (exports to HTML, so no downloads
needed)
FlowLab (runs in browser, no downloads
needed)
GameJolt (indie game hosting site)
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GameStructor (make board games and card
games online)
Tabloro (make tabletop games online)
Dulst (make card games online)
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TexturePacker (A free, sprite creation tool)
Tiled (A map editor that hooks into Cocos2D,
Unity, and more)
OpenGamesArt (a place for free assets and
placeholder graphics)
Free Music Archive (a resource for free,
Creative Commons music)
FreeSound (a collection of free, open source
sound effects)
STEP THREE: Research
• Once you’ve got a general idea of the rhetorical
situation of your project, you’ll need to conduct
research. This research has 3 purposes:
1. To give you ideas that will deepen and
complicate your project BEFORE you begin.
2. To aid you in making the best choices for your
project.
3. To bring into the RIP ESSAY as support for
your choices.
STEP THREE: Research
• You’ll need research to define your AUDIENCE
– Demographic factors? Stage of life (daily routines)?
Beliefs, habits, attitudes and preferences? Needs and
desires? AVOID ASSUMPTIONS and
STEREOTYPES!
• You’ll need research to define your GENRE
– What are the conventions of your genre? How has it
evolved over time? Style and composition choices?
Layout? Syntax? Imagery? Tone? Pacing? Venue
(where do you find it)?
STEP FOUR: Composing Your RIP
• Now you are ready to compose your project!
– Every step you make should be PURPOSEFUL.
– Take notes on those choices as you go.
– From font size, placement of text, tone and dictions,
syntactical complexity: every choice should be
justified by your PURPOSE, AUDIENCE, GENRE
and CONTEXT.
STEP FIVE: THE RIP ESSAY
The RIP Project and the RIP Essay are like twin sisters: working on
one can always lead back to the other. Work on them simultaneously
rather than sequentially!
STEP FIVE: THE RIP ESSAY
• Begin with a free write that answers these questions:
1. What does my reader need to know in order to
understand my explanations (specify the audience,
purpose, genre, medium and venue you chose).
2. Are there overarching categories or groups of choices I
can discuss as a whole?
3. What rhetorical choices don’t need an explanation
(English for an American audience etc.)? What rhetorical
choices would be invisible to a typical reader?
4. If this project was REALLY being released, where in
the production process would it be? What would be the
next steps? Where is it headed?
STEP FIVE: THE RIP ESSAY
Historical/Cul
tural Context:
This section of
39B, Irvine
2018,
everything
we’ve learned
this quarter.
Text: RIP Essay
Purpose: Prove that
your choices were
carefully made and
well-supported by
research.
Rhetor:
YOU!
Audience: Your
teacher and
classmates, other
interested
rhetoricians and
creators.
IN-CLASS ACTIVITY: RHETORICAL
ROULETTE!
• Situation: College is expensive, and you want to convince someone else to
pay for it on your behalf. To that end your group will create a text that
attempts to convince your audience to foot your college bill. You will have to
be very careful about how you appeal to this audience and construct your text
within the expectations of your given text type. Be aware of what words you
use, your tone, your syntax, and the ideas you convey to best make your
argument.
• Spend five minutes brainstorming and ten minutes writing. Be prepared to
read these out loud.
Audience:
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5.
Pirates
T’lic government official
Talking Snakes
Coyote from “Buffalo Gals”
Vampires
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Genre:
“Listicle” (e.g. Buzzfeed)
Craigslist Ad
Spam Email
Newspaper Op-Ed
Poem

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