AUDIENCE ANALYSIS:

Wednesday, November Who is most affected?

29th What demographic needs to hear the
message?
Today’s Class What are the opinions of the people
you want to persuade?
On your worksheet you will need to
1. Review Rubric and PowerPoint answer the following questions:
for Social Injustice What cause, or injustice, do I want to address in my
Letter/Persuasive Project speech?
2. Begin Introduction to Library  Who is my audience (To Whom am I sending my
Databases letter)?

3. Think about: Who is my What do I want my audience to do about the social

injustice?
audience?
Who in the world is most affected because of this
4. Submit topic proposals injustice? (Think groups of people)
Social Justice Project
Persuasive Letter Research
Assignment
How can you promote “justice for all”?
What is social justice?

Social justice is defined as

"... promoting a just society by
challenging injustice and
valuing diversity."
In conditions of social justice, people are...
"not discriminated against, nor their welfare and
well-being constrained or prejudiced on the basis of
gender, sexuality, religion, political affiliations, age,
race, belief, disability, location, social class,
socioeconomic circumstances, or other
characteristic of background or group membership"
(Toowoomba Catholic Education, 2006).
What social justice issues exist in the world?
● Access to food, clean water
and shelter
● Access to decent healthcare
● Income inequality (between
world employees/men and
women)
● Environmental Justice
More social justice issues
● Minority Rights (women,
racial/ethnic groups, the
elderly, children, etc.)
● Access to education
● Access to technology
● Human Trafficking
● AND SO MUCH MORE
Who should I use for my audience??
● Think about people in positions of power/
authority:
○ Leaders of countries
○ Congresspeople
○ Business Owners and CEOS
○ Philanthropists (people with $$ who support
charities)
○ …..and many, many more...
How am I going to be graded?
The Biggies:
● Is your paper persuasive & AT LEAST 500 words
● Does it have an appropriate tone/diction for the audience?
● Are spelling, grammar, and capitalization being used
properly?
● Did you use 3 or more (dift.)rhetorical devices? (labeled)
● Have I used at least 3 different, CREDIBLE sources and CITED
them correctly in my speech?
● Have I used MLA formatting?
● Did I attach a WORKS CITED page to my letter?
Source Card Example (YOU MUST HAVE 3 by FRIDAY)
 Where do I start?
1. What cause, or injustice, do I want to
address in my argument?
2. What am I trying to persuade my
audience of?
3. Who is the audience I am trying to reach
and how will that affect my writing?
 3. Who is the audience I am trying to
Example: reach and how will that affect my
writing?I am persuading students at
1. What cause, or injustice, do I
Haltom High School. This influences
want to address in my
my writing because I will use social
presentation?The injustice I will
media, posters, and other materials
address is the hunger and
students can see daily.
starvation that occurs in our
world. 4. What is your purpose for writing
right now? Seeing people waste food
2. What am I trying to persuade my
everyday in the cafeteria got me
audience of? I will persuade my
thinking that there is no reason why
audience to donate food to local
hunger/starvation in other countries
and global organizations
should still be an issue today.
including the Tarrant Area Food
Bank and ‘Stop Hunger Now’.
Deadlines:
Source/Bib Card #1 Due: Thursday, November 30th
Source/Bib Card #2 Due: Friday, December 1st
Source/Bib Card #3 Due: Friday, December 1st

Begin Rough Draft Monday December 4th (¾ complete)

Rough Draft Due ((400 words)word count included): Thursday, December 7th
● Written (typed optional): every other line, front only-and in blue/black ink
● 3 sources incorporated into speech & cited
● 3 rhetorical devices underlined and labeled correctly (Ethos, Pathos, Logos)

Final Paper Due: Friday, January 5th

● Typed, MLA style, 500 words
● Works Cited with 3 Sources (credible)
● 5 different rhetorical devices labeled.

Thursday, November 30th
Today’s Class
1. Continue to work on
Topic Proposal if you
did not finish yesterday
2. If finished with proposal,
begin Works Cited
Worksheet
AUDIENCE ANALYSIS:
Who is most affected?
What demographic needs to hear the
message?
What are the opinions of the people
you want to persuade?
Use the library databases to help you
find your sources and complete your
worksheet
MLA Cheatsheet can also be found in
GoogleClassroom