Category: English

Research Remix

Explanation of a Remix Assignment for a Research Paper

A Remix Assignment takes the core research and ideas from your original research paper and presents them in a new, creative format. Instead of simply rewriting or summarizing your paper, youll transform your research into a different genre or medium, such as a letter, speech, or newspaper article.

Purpose:

• Engage with your research in a new way: By remixing your work, you explore different methods of communication, practice your rhetorical skills, and adapt your message for various audiences.
• Refine your understanding of rhetoric: Youll learn how to use different tools and platforms, expanding your ability to convey information effectively using rhetorical strategies .

Example: If your research paper was about the impact of social media on mental health and the need to limit access to smartphones in local schools, you might create a short video or letter to students that highlights the main findings and offers tips for healthier online habits.

The Remix Assignment also includes a reflective component where you explain your choices, the new genres impact on your message, and how the intended audience might respond differently compared to a traditional research paper.

GENRE REMIX ASSIGNMENT: Reworking the Research Paper

* You must submit a research paper in order to complete this assignment.

The GENRE REMIX ASSIGNMENT is a two-part assignment.

Part 1: Remixed paper (at least 500 words)

Part 2: Reflection ( at least 700 words)

Youve just finished writing your research paper, a well-researched argument about some issue that affects the local community. However, you wrote it using the standards of the academic essay genre (think the papers structure, voice, and citation style). That genre may not be the best choice if you were to present the issue to someone outside of an academic situation.

Your task now is to take the topic and argument you presented in your research paper and reconstruct it in a genre or style that is better suited for a popular audience. You will submit a remixed paper/text and a reflection that describes the reasoning behind the choices you made for the remix.

The Writing Process

Step 1: Choose your purpose and new audience. Take the topic from your research paper and decide who would benefit from hearing your argument and/or proposed solution for the community issue that you researched or consider who could do something to help make your proposed solution a reality for the community. Think about a person, group, or organization that could do something to assist with your proposal. Do some research to understand who is already involved in addressing the issue or who might be motivated to act. Be detailed and specific about your audience.

Step 2: Pick a new genre for your work. Youll have to decide what genre is most appropriate for your topic and purpose. To pick a genre, you want to start by considering who could benefit from your work/message (AUDIENCE). Be specific as you imagine your audience. Then, think about HOW you could best reach that audience. Would your audience read a newspaper, listen to speech, receive a letter, etc.?

Choose from one of the following:

• a letter
• a speech
• a newspaper or magazine article
• an advice column letter and response
• If you would like to choose another genre or medium, you must email me a proposal and explanation by the date listed on the schedule.

Step 3: Do some research (yes, research) about that genre to determine its characteristics and norms. Youll want to know about the expected format, appropriate tone, and standards of style. Find some examples of the genre and pay attention to how the author crafts and presents the message. The tone, style, organization, etc for a magazine article will be quite different from that of a letter.

Step 4: Make a plan for how you will convince your new audience of your stance on the topic. You might use the same sources that you used in the research paper, but recognize that you’ll be using them in different ways. Citation styles might be different, and this audience might be convinced by different types of sources (more emphasis on credible news organizations, less on peer-reviewed journals). Consider the rhetorical strategies that you will use (ethos, logos, pathos, tone, word choice, etc).

Step 5: CREATE a new work. There is room for creativity here. Explore a new voice and style.

Step 6: REFLECT : To go along with your reworked research paper, write a thoughtful and detailed reflection in which you explain the choices you made as you crafted your remix. This is where you are offering an analysis of your own rhetorical choices. You might even review some of the

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THE REFLECTION

Your reflection should be at least 700 words long and respond to the following questions (Please number each and address in separate sections) :

1. Who was the target audience of your Research Remix? Offer a detailed description of your target audience. You should consider the following: size (a speech to 20 people might differ from a speech written for 1000; a letter written to one person or a small organization will have different approaches), location, age, socio-economic status, gender, interests, occupations, etc. Consider where and how you would then reach said audience. Why did you choose this audience?
2. What was the purpose of the text you produced? Persuade? Inform? Motivate? Be specific. Persuade to do, feel, or think what? Motivated to respond in what way? How do you want your audience to respond to this text you composed for the research remix? Then, identify which household object best represents the emotional tone of your remixand justify it in two sentences.
3. What type of text did you produce for the Research Remix? How was this the best decision in light of your chosen audience and purpose? Why did you choose to use this genre over another? What is expected of the genre you have chosen?
4. What specific choices did you make to reach your audience? Pick at least 4. Point out examples of ethos, logos, pathos, tone, etc. Include quotes to exemplify each choice and then explain the goal of that choice. For example, if you use pathos in your piece, what specific emotional response were you trying to create and why? How did you attempt to appeal to your audience’s emotions? This is a significant part of the assignment; make sure to give a detailed discussion here. This section should be considerably longer than the rest.

Your reflection should help the instructor understand how to experience the Remix.

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Writing Tips

Shape your writing to fit a particular rhetorical situation

By far the biggest task ahead of you in this paper is to understand the rhetorical situation youre facing. It is radically different from the one that drove your research paper. Your audience is different: you are no longer writing to academics. Your purpose is different: you are likely trying to persuade more than to inform. And your genre is seriously different: you are not writing an academic essay with everything that goes with it.

Use a variety of strategies to generate ideas, create a first draft, revise ideas and organize and edit paragraphs and sentences.

You will want to approach this paper differently than you did the research paper. A large part of your grade will be based on how well you address the genre you choose. Hence, you are going to need to research that genre. Read a lot of examples, find sources that discuss effective writing of that type, and talk to me.

Identify and evaluate the underlying values of arguments.

A popular audience is convinced by different types of sources than an academic one. While we academics like to see material published in peer reviewed journals and scholarly books, the populace puts more emphasis on reports from credible news organizations and quality magazines. That doesnt mean that peer reviewed pieces have no role in your paper they just shouldnt dominate the sources that you use.

You will also really want to think about how to convince this particular audience. What will students at TTC find convincing? What will get your hometown residents motivated? The arguments that you use will, by and large, determine the effectiveness of this paper.

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Earning the Grade: When I review your assignment, Im looking to see that your remix and reflection show:

1. an understanding of your audience
2. an understanding of the rhetorical situation
3. clear rhetorical strategies for achieving your desired purpose
4. an understanding of the generic expectations for the type of document that you are composing. Hence, it is important to do some research to see examples of successful pieces in that field/genre
5. a clear articulation of the decisions you made and why you made them. Refer back to some of the rhetorical choices we learned about for our rhetorical analysis assignment. an appropriate persona for the audience, purpose, and genre that you have chosen
6. appropriate use of conventions, including MLA, APA, or an appropriate citation formatting.

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Project 5: Issue Analysis

Length: 1000-1200 words

Assignment:

You will write a well-researched essay that analyzes an issue by explaining the multiple, possibly conflicting perspectives that comprise the problem and its solutions. Your essay will include background information that readers need to understand the issue as well as analysis of the opinions of various stakeholders* and subtopics of the larger issue. Your goal is to write a coherent, sophisticated analysis that will engage and inform your readers. Attempting to persuade them that a particular perspective or solution is preferable is not the focus.

Synthesis/Thesis Statement:

In your thesis, identify multiple perspectives and synthesize them (describe the relationship between the perspectives) so your reader knows what to expect from your paper. But, be sure that you are not arguing for a particular point of view. If your issue is the illegal use of prescription drugs, for example, your thesis should address the various stakeholders in this issue in a clear, specific and focused manner: While most doctors do not intend to contribute to the illegal use of prescription drugs, because of the pressure they receive from pharmaceutical companies, health insurance agencies, and patients, they may unwittingly perpetuate the problem. As a reader I can expect that every section in this paper will describe how pressure on doctors, health agencies, pharmaceutical companies, and patients perpetuates the illegal proscription drug problem. Your beginning thesis will be what we call a working thesis. That means that as you write your first draft of the paper, which may be a discovery draft, you will return to and change your thesis to include perhaps another perspective that you neglected (perhaps you forgot to include sociologists in your discussion of parties interested in the illegal use of proscription drugs). The thesis in your final paper will be a neutral, polished statement that synthesizes all of the various sub-issues or perspectives covered in the paper.

Analysis of Multiple Perspectives, Sub-Issues and/or Stakeholders (the body paragraphs):

Revisit the articles (mainstream media and scholarly works) that you collected in your annotated bibliography or find new articles that are better suited to your evolving project. As you read through the articles, identify patterns (sub-issues or perspectives) that your authors discuss. For example, in a set of articles on human trafficking, all of the authors may discuss the legal history of slavery, why women become sex slaves, and how men are able to purchase sex slaves in our country. Build your body paragraphs around these perspectives, clearly supporting any claim that you make about your topic with evidence from your sources. Ideally, your analysis will be sophisticated, in that it does not just see two sides of an issue, but sees multiple parts of a larger situation, while carefully examining or analyzing each part.

Organization: Your essay should follow a clear organization plan that is logical and easy for the reader to follow; your thesis statement should give readers a sense of this plan. Sentences and paragraphs should be coherent and focused, and transitions should help the essay to flow clearly.

Research, Support or Evidence:

Your aim is to persuade your audience of your deeper understanding of this issue, thus you must use credible sources to support everything you say. You can use your knowledge of ethical, emotional or logical appeals to analyze how various groups discuss their role in the problem. Use both direct quotes and paraphrases, cite all your sources correctly in the text, and prepare a Works Cited page to accompany the essay.

Of your six sources, three-four should be scholarly and the rest should come from respected sources like The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, etc. You should demonstrate your ability to evaluate ethos in your choice of sources. Selected information should always be relevant to the central argument as well as quoted paraphrased correctly to support each claim. Your sources should also be well integrated into developed paragraphs: not just dropped in but contextualized.

Formatting Requirements of the Paper:

Include an interesting and descriptive title that clearly announces the issue you are analyzing.

Use Times New Roman, 12-point font with 1 margins.

Number your pages in the upper right hand header.

Include Works Cited page (page seven) written in MLA style including 3-4 scholarly and 2-3 mainstream sources (for a total of six sources).

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The complete Historical Background of the Globe Theater explained in your own words

An Explanation of the significance of the Globe Theater to the arts and Shakespeares plays

A tour of the layout of the Globe theater & all the parts it offers use your Globe Theater notes.

1. B) Creative Path:

For this project, you will make a creative intervention in the Shakespearean canon, engaging with one of the plays we read this semester.

Your intervention could take many different forms, including:

a new scene added to one of the plays.

a sequel or prequel to a play.

an adaptation or rewriting of some part of the play in a different mode, like a short story, a screenplay, or series of poems.

a new storyline expanding the role of a secondary character.

a mash-up of two or more plays in the form of a play or story.

a filmed performance of one or more scenes from a play. (This choice could be a collaboration between two or more people. Only choose this path if you are prepared to do the extra work required to make filmed performance look and sound professional. If you decide to team up on a film or another project, each person will receive the same grade for the assignment.)

a script for a podcast episode, or a recorded podcast.

In general, your project should be, at minimum, 10-12 pp, double-spaced, but length will depend on the nature of your project.

This path is just as challenging as a critical, thesis-based paper. You will need to dedicate time and effort to developing a concept for your piece and executing that concept with rigor and polish. You may feel more comfortable with this path if you have some prior experience with the creative medium youre using, but, of course, you can also choose to take on a new challenge IF you are excited and energized to do the work.

You are not required to clear your idea for the creative path with me, but you might want to check with me to make sure that you are doing something that falls within the parameters of the assignment and that will be realistic for you to complete.

You may also propose a different form of creative intervention than those outlined above. In that case, you must clear your idea with me before proceeding!

I will evaluate how well your project fulfills the goals that you set forth in your reflection essay and how successfully your project fulfills these two goals:

1) This project helps us think about one or more of Shakespeares plays differently.

2) This project displays and executes intentional choices at a high level.

Relevant to both paths:

This essay/project is worth 25% of your total grade for the class, and you will want to begin work on it soon in order to give yourself time to develop and refine your topic and to go through multiple drafts and a process of development. (I recommend at least three drafts, quite possibly more.) This is not an essay/project that you can expect to do well on if you begin writing it a day or two before its due. It will require more sustained engagement. You dont need to have your thesis or goals solidified to begin writing; in fact, the most efficient way to figure out what youre arguing or how you want to shape the piece is to write a draft or two, knowing that the in-class workshop will give you feedback as you go.

Research topic on the immortal jellyfish and its ability to reset its life cycle, etc.

Leave one page for an annotated bibliography for sources (MLA format).

3-5 sources