Wr 39c: argument & research the advocacy project: a multi-modal

In about 5 weeks from now (yes, you have lots of time!), you will turn in the final version of this

assignment. Like the HCP Project, the main assignment here is a multi-modal composition that uses

various rhetorical positions and different types of evidence to make arguments. This one, however, is a

bit different from the first in that over the course of these next few weeks, as you research and evaluate

various sources, and as you draft, craft and organize your thoughts and evidence, you will at some point

have to make a decision to become an advocate for solutions to your central problem in at least one of

the following three ways: 1) you might advocate for one or more specific solutions to the significant

and current political/social/cultural problem that sits at the center of your focus; 2) you might locate

the next steps to potentially solving your project’s central problem; or, 3) you might argue for why the

current solutions do not work and leave your readers with questions about possible next steps. In

other words, your arguments for advocating solutions in combination with the analytical reasons you

provide for why you have chosen to focus on particular solutions will after weeks and weeks of diligent

engagement become a richly-textured thesis statement, one that deepens your articulation of the

problem at hand and argues for convincing for ways to move forward.