ENGL115: Rogerian Argument

The
final project will be a multimedia presentation. Imagine that you’re
giving this presentation to your
colleagues/employees/employers/stakeholders as a way to reach common
ground and resolve a problem.

Although
this is to be completed as a multimedia presentation, you will still
need to show a strong use of the Rogerian structure and argument. Ensure
this is a Rogerian argument and not an informative speech or a Toulmin
argument.

Choosing a topic:

For
this project, you’re not trying to take a stance and prove your stance,
rather you’re trying to solve a problem within your field of study (or
workplace or home or wherever). Focus on what problems need to be
resolved. Explore the proposed solutions from various viewpoints.
Propose the “best” solution that would offer common ground for
all stakeholders. Much of the challenge with this project is that you
must demonstrate you’ve analyzed multiple solutions from multiple
perspectives and found a solution that offers a compromise between those
perspectives.Structure of presentation:

Make sure to include the following sections in your presentation:

  • an introduction and claim,
  • background,
  • body,
  • and a conclusion.

Make sure your presentation includes the following:

  • A brief background for your topic and the problem you’re addressing,
  • A discussion of the various sides of the debate, including core values or warrants underlying their arguments
  • Your common ground (Rogerian) solution/claim
  • An explanation of how that common ground claim can resolve the core issue for all presented sides (the compromise).

What does Multimedia mean?

Any
of the following artifacts can be compiled as part of a multimodal
project: advertisements, audio files, blogs, collages, comic books,
video clips, interviews, phone conversations, lectures, field
observations, photos, blogs, posters, presentations, charts, graphs,
skits, films, videos, television shorts, websites, performances. You can
convey information and images in any way you like to communicate your
message.

A few apps you might consider using on their own or in combination:

  • Powtoon
  • Prezi
  • Animoto
  • Audio Voiceover
  • Instagram
  • Storbird
  • PowerPoint
  • Screencast (Jing)
  • Google Sites
  • Canva

Feeling stuck? Here’s some inspiration:

Expectations

Your project should in some way incorporate the following:

  • Engage a minimum of 2 scholarly (peer-reviewed) sources (from APUS library) and 2 sources of your choice (4 sources total).
  • Introduce key issues of this problem—why is it a problem? Why has the problem not been resolved already?
  • Consider key limitations and barriers to solving the problem.
  • Address key voices within the conversation—what has been proposed so far? Why have those proposals not been implemented?
  • Address the commonalities of the viewpoints on how to resolve the problem while also addressing the key differences.
  • Offer your opinion or impression of the proposed resolutions based on close analysis.
  • Tempt
    your audience to consider the solution you’re proposing, which should
    take into consideration the existing proposed solutions, as well as the
    limitations and barriers.

Note
that all writing in the project should be original; the projects will be
run through Turnitin upon submission, and all distinctive matching
information caught by Turnitin must be formatted as a quotation. DO NOT
copy-paste material without immediately marking it as a quotation and
citing it. Any multimedia (art, music) inserted or linked in the
presentation should also include full bibliographic information.

All projects should have:

  1. A title slide.
  2. MLA, APA, or Chicago citations/reference page.
  3. The
    project’s text should be 500-1000 words long (There needs to be text in
    the presentation, but don’t let it dominate the slides. Be choosy about
    what is displayed on the slides/screen. This is a presentation, not an
    essay. The majority of your text will be in a typed speech to accompany
    the presentation, in presenter notes if applicable, or voice recorded.)


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