Specified Objectives for Activity
- Transfer an understanding of communication fundamentals to the social contexts experienced in everyday life.
- Recognize the important, meaningful roles that non-spoken behaviors fulfill during our communication interactions.
- Understand the axioms of persuasive communication and its principles and ethics.
- Evaluate the interplay between the persuasive source and the responsive audience.
- Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the perceptual process of communication.
Point Value: 200
Activity Description
Demonstrate your intuitive and applied research of topics relating to persuasive appeals in political, theological, or psychological rhetoric. Keeping this narrow and focused will be to your advantage. Decide which area you want to study and look at motivational and/or ideological appeals used to persuade within these contexts. Feel free to use existing artifacts, public messages, any context wherein a persuasive appeal is proffered.
Document your findings, being certain of breadth and depth in sources. Remember, Wikipedia will not be considered a credible source.
Submit your paper by the deadline on the class schedule in APA or MLA format.
Activity Rubric
The learner demonstrates their intuitive and applied research of topics relating to persuasive appeals in political, theological, or psychological rhetoric. 80 points
The learner examines motivational and/or ideological appeals used to persuade within their chosen rhetorical context. 80 points
The learner shows breadth and depth in their scope of research. 20 points
The learner submits their best work in an APA/MLA formatted paper. 20 points
