Assignment Four: Radical Revision and Remediation This final assignment requires remediation, reflection, and revision, and

will focus on re-seeing your writing. You will compose a radical revision of your one of your texts from earlier in the semester. By revising previously written essays so that they take the form of other genres, you will learn the importance of and various techniques for revision and will have an opportunity to engage in critical thinking about the many audiences you will encounter as writers and the appropriateness of writing (and rewriting) for a variety of rhetorical situations. As a first step to creating the multi-genre project, you will reflect on the community/ies for which your previous writing was composed and propose a plan for redesigning that writing into the new project tailored to a prospective audience/community. As a way of formalizing this work, you will read section 1b (8-20) in the McGraw-Hill Handbook, analyze the writing you already completed over the semester, and complete a rhetorical analysis of your prospective audience. For example, a student who is a musician/music major and whose earlier essays focused on the role of music communities in their lives might write a song, perform it for the class, design an album cover, and/or create a web design showcasing their band. Your rhetorical analysis should be reviewed and approved by me. After completing your rhetorical analysis, you will significantly revise and recreate a selected piece into two or three various multimedia genres (a graphic story, a video, a web page, a brochure, a skit, or other forms) that are appropriate for your audience and chosen purpose. All revision/re-creation must be guided by a cohesive understanding of audience, purpose, and genre for the overall project. You will create a rationale or introductory piece (2-3 pages) that explains you projects purpose and audience and justifies how its objectives are accomplished. You will also be responsible for a 2-3 page reflective essay detailing your analysis of all texts and your revision process.

rhetorical analysis (first draft due on 11-14) 2-3 typed, double-spaced page rationale/introductory piece (draft due at time of individual conference) 2-3 typed, double-spaced page reflective essay (draft due at time of individual conference) Additional number of pages will vary depending on the forms of the chosen genres for the radical revisions (complete draft project due at time of individual conference)