Assignment Task: Rhetoric, Media, and Civic Life. Instructions:
1. Please select ONE of the following questions.
2. Answer the question in a short writing piece of at least 250 words.
3. Please answer the questions in a way that demonstrates engagement with course content. The easiest way would be to directly quote or cite the text, lecture, or other course materials. Possible questions (select one):
1. Give an example of a person's character getting in the way of a persuasive message. How did the person's persona create obstacles for persuasion?
2. Choose a speech that you have found persuasive and explain the first persona, second persona, third persona, and fourth persona?
3. Is rhetoric situational or are situations rhetorical? Explain what side you lean toward in this controversy and why.
4. Identify publics to which you belong. What identifies you as a member of that public? How has your participation in that public developed your own identity?