Student Work

RWS-1301- Rhetoric and Writing Studies

Assignment: Visual Argument

Students showcase their rhetorical choices and multimodal abilities in creating and producing a Public Service

Announcement (PSA). Based on their semester research topic, students take a stand on an issue and/or make

a call for action.

PSA - Prescription Drug Abuse, produced by Alexandria Neal, Edgar Beltran, Joseph Cuevas

English 1302: Research Writing and Literary Analysis

Assignment: Research Paper

Learning about the community and relevant issues, students research topics that are local and controversial. Following is a research paper taking a stand on new smoking polices in the workplace.

Smokers, No Thanks

While eating lunch one day at Mission Memorial Hospital, Mary, an ER nurse, overhears two of her co-workers, Max and John, discussing a matter in which they heard the day before. She scoots her chair in a little closer in order to hear them better but being careful not to be noticed.

English 1301: Research Writing and Literary Analysis

Assignment: Analyzing a Text

Students analyze local print advertisements applying Aristotle's modes of persuasion: Ethos, Pathos and Logos.

Change is in the Air

Bank of the West ad has three intended purposes: first, to encourage the reader to question their current bank’s judgment and the validity of the decisions it has made; secondly, to make its reader reflect on all of the unexpected, inconvenient—or otherwise negatively impacting—changes that their current bank has made; and lastly, to convince the reader that Bank of the West has a greater stake in the community than any other bank. The ad achieves each of these purposes by using the image of a compass, the literary device repetition, and language that reflects and emphasizes the grass roots nature of Bank of the West.