Articles

ENG302 : The Class : Rhetoric : Molding Form : Articles
Finding Articles

To complete this assignment successfully, you should:

Read the assignment carefully
Complete the activity as outlined below
Open and study the links
Complete the search as outlined

Web Assignment:

Find five pieces of writing on the www, using newspapers, magazines, or other technical documents. Copy the articles with your computer and attach them as files, sending them to me with the assignment which will be profiled in the Assignment portion of this topic. For each piece of writing, you will be asked to answer the following questions:

A. What is the context of the piece of writing? Specifically, what is the purpose, who is the audience, and who is

the author?

B. Do the purpose, audience, and author fit together smoothly? Justify and/or suggest improvements in any part of

the document.

C. How effective is the document, judged by the 4 Cs criteria? What specific improvements would you suggest?

1. You might want to try the following links:

Minneapolis Star and Tribune

Time Magazine (online)

National Geographic Magazine

AZ Republic

Consumer Reports Online

There is a wealth of information at this site:
American Communication

Or try some of your own favorites!

2. You will do the actual work for this assignment in Assignment 1, Critiques of Articles. You will find the link for this at the bottom of this page and on the Topic Page. Each critique will be worth 75 points, and will be graded on the criteria posted on the Assignment 1 Page.

Once you have completed this assignment, you should:

Go on to Assignment 1, Critique of Articles
or
Go back to The form topic page

E-mail Greg Larkin at Gregory.Larkin@nau.edu
or call (520) 523-4911

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