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Assignment | Rhetorical Criticism Project (Whalen): Getting Started

Honors Speech | Prof. Sara Whalen (Fall 2024)

Assignment

Your Goals:

To analyze a cultural artifact (song, TV show, etc) through the lens of a rhetorical methodology.

  • 10 (minimum) outside sources
  • 12-15 page APA format paper
  • 10-15 minute speech

Managing Your Research

Your process to capture sources and citations will be very individual, but be consistent and choose a tool to help organize your research. Some suggested tools:

PowerNotes: Clip, Save, Organize

PowerNotes is a research manager that works on anything you can open in your browser.

Save and organize quotes as you research so you've got an outline ready to go. The built-in citation tool can export a bibliography.

Get Started with PowerNotes

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