Paper

Extra Credit Opportunity

All students have the option to complete an extra credit paper that can be worth up to 24 points

added directly to your final grade (which translates into a potential 4 points added directly to

your final average grade). Here is the assignment:

Since you have spent this semester analyzing and criticizing rhetoric, the extra credit

assignment has you creating rhetoric. You are to pick a persuasive topic, any persuasive

topic (Why you deserve an A in the class, or why the United States military should

intervene in the situation in the Ukraine are both perfectly acceptable topics. Be

creative.), and write a 2-3 page, double-spaced speech script. You will turn this script in

to me via Turn-it-in for bonus credit. You will get bonus points based on your choice of

language and the rhetorical structure of your script, and those who employ the

techniques discussed during the semester are more likely to receive full credit. There is

no need for a cover page or works cited or any of the other formal trappings of a college

paper. This is simply the script for a speech.