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 * Persuasive Webpage Assignment **

We have spent a great deal of time learning about persuasive language and techniques and how to incorporate it into our writing. Internet websites are quickly becoming an important way for people and businesses to try to persuade others to take action, buy products and services, explore new establishments, etc. These sites utilize persuasive strategies and language in order to accomplish their goal.
 * __ Introduction __**

You will create a new, original product or business that you will advertise to others using an internet webpage that you will create. You will use your knowledge of persuasive language and techniques to accomplish this goal. You will work with a group; each person in your group will have a specific job to do, however, you will all be responsible for producing one final product as a group.
 * __ Task __**

You will be assigned a group. Each person in the group will decide which job that he/she can do. The following roles need to be taken: As a group, decide on a product or business that you will feature on your website. Discuss how you will approach the task. Decide what persuasive strategies you will use to persuade your audience to buy your product or utilize your service or business. Your **persuasion expert** will check to make sure that you have used enough strategies and that they have been used correctly and effectively. Work together to write the content for your website. The **editor** will be responsible for writing the content down. Discuss how you want the website to look. What types of pictures/ graphics need to be included to make your site look its best and appeal to the intended audience? The **graphic designer** will be responsible for putting all of the content on the site. Finally, decide on a timeline for tasks to be accomplished. Your website must be finished by the end of class on Friday, April 23rd. You will have time to work together in class. You may also work together in the library before school and during your advisory time (check with your advisory teacher first). The **group leader** will be responsible for making sure that everyone is doing his/her part and the that the project is finished on time.
 * __ Process __**
 * ** Role: ** || ** Responsibilities: ** ||
 * Group leader || Keep the group on task and make sure that all deadlines are met. Communicate group questions or concerns to the teacher. Communicate information from the teacher to the rest of the group. Encourage everyone in the group to participate fully at all times. Help the editor proofread notes for the website for errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling. ||
 * Graphic designer || Taking the ideas that your group has come up with and actually putting them on the site. Find pictures and graphics that will enhance the look of the website. Solicit assistance from others in the group to help you when needed. ||
 * Editor || Record all of the written information for the website created by your group on paper. Proofread the notes for errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling (the group leader will help you with this). Supply all paper notes to the graphic designer so that it can be put on the site. Help the graphic designer to get all of the information put on the site. ||
 * Persuasion expert || Ensure that your group has utilized at least four of the persuasive strategies that we learned about in class (kairos, ethos, pathos, claim, research, logos, and big names) on your website. Ensure that the strategies have been used correctly and effectively. Help the graphic designer locate pictures and graphics that will help to enhance the look of your site. ||

When you have completed the website, be prepared to share it with the class. In addition, be prepared to explain what elements make your project an effective persuasive example.
 * __ Conclusion __**

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