Week #1:  Fundamentals of Rhetorical Action

• A Rhetorical Perspective (Chapter 1)

• Reading Rhetorical Acts (Chapter 2)

• Assignment: Report Card #1 (100 points) 

Week #2:  Resources For Rhetorical Action

• The Resources of Evidence (Chapter 4) 

• The Resources of Argument (Chapter 5) 

• The Resources of Language (Chapter 7) 

• Assignment: Exam #1 (200 Points) 

Week #3: Context of Rhetorical Action 

• Challenges Arising From the Audience (Chapter 8)

• Challenges Arising From the Subject and Purpose (Chapter 9) 

• Opportunities and Challenges Arising from the Rhetor (Chapter 10)  

• Assignment: Report Card #2 (100 Points) 

Week #4:  Understanding Evaluation and Visual Rhetoric 

• Understanding Evaluation (Chapter 11)

• Understanding Visual Rhetoric (Chapter 12) 

• Understanding the Medium of Transmission (Chapter 13)

• Assignment: The Daily Podcast Analysis (100 Points) 

• Assignment: The New York Times As Visual Rhetoric (100 Points) 

Week #5: Conversation With A Peer 

• Assignment: An Email chain regarding your assigned opinion writer. (100 Points) 

Week #6: Final Exam + Rough Outline of Opinion Piece 

• Assignment: Final Exam (100 Points) 

• Assignment: Rough Outline of Opinion Piece (Complete/Incomplete) 

Week #7: Opinion Piece--Written and Recorded 

• Assignment: Opinion Piece (100 Points) 

• Assignment: Video Recording of Opinion Piece (100 Points)