Minor Persuasive Paper #1

First Minor Persuasive Paper (10 points; 2-3 pages):
Due: 2-26-09
Part I:
Using the issue you've chosen for your Major Analysis Project (or a new issue, if you choose), map out the ways in which you think YOU would be most credible or authoritative on the issue. For this project, start by listing how YOU might demonstrate Good Sense, Good Character, and Good Will, based on the ways these concepts are defined in the ARCS textbook.

Part II:
Write a review of an online community forum such as a discussion group or interactive blog related to your MAP issue (or another issue, if you choose). (It need not be political; a music or fashion discussion group, for example, would be fine.) You may also compare two different blogs in this review. Identify a rhetor or a series of posts that forum members find persuasive. What rhetorical features do these posts share? What makes them effective for this audience? What specifically does the rhetor do to engage the readers' or viewers' emotions?