Rifenburg Literacy Task II Engl 2230

Rifenburg
Engl 2230

ENGL 2230
Writing for an Online Audience

Final Draft due: June 22 by 11:59p.m., in the appropriate D2L dropbox
Quick Reference Guide
Word count:1500-2100 words
Stance: Your choice
Topic: Rhetorical effectiveness of a Wikipedia page
Format: MLA or APA format; be sure to add a works cited (references) page
Audience: Me
Images: One is required
Background
For the past week, we have been working toward creating and editing portions of UNGs
Wikipedia page. Through the Wikipedia Adventure and working with your classmates,
you have spent a great deal of time writing and editing digital content.
Objective
In this literacy task, I invite you to select a specific Wikipedia page and, pulling from
your personal experience creating and editing UNGs page, consider the rhetorical
effectiveness of the page under analysis.
Through engaging with the Wikipedia Adventure and collaborating on aspects of UNGs
Wikipedia page, you are in a strong position to begin thinking critically about the
rhetorical effectiveness of a specific Wikipedia page.
As we think about rhetorical effectiveness, refer to the handout/assignment found on in
the D2L content page. But in brief, we are thinking about:
The particular response a text is designed to create in its audience
How well this response is generated
The strategies used to generate this response
When selecting a Wikipedia page to rhetorically analyze, consider one that
You may not very familiar with
Has amble content (photos, references, text)
Is recently updated (refer to the history of the page)
Rifenburg Literacy Task II Engl 2230

That speaks to a relatively generative topic
Finally, when evaluating your writing, I will be looking for the following:
Construct an articulated main point early in your writing
State the particular response(s) the page is designed to generate
Discussion of the strategies used
Detail the pages effectiveness at generating this response
Reflect on and pull examples from your Wikipedia creating/editing experience
Connect with your audience
Properly format your essay according to MLA or APA guidelines
Good luck! Im happy to help if you need some additional assistance at any stage of this
paper. My office hours are before and after class and by appointment. You can reach me
as well via email at Michael.rifenburg@ung.edu or on Twitter @JMRifenburg.