Purpose
This assignment will allow you to practice a close reading of a transcri
Purpose
This assignment will allow you to practice a close reading of a transcript, with a focus on the rhetorical elements discussed in Module 3. You will have the opportunity to collaborate and think with classmates about how the rhetorical elements work together to create meaning in a podcast. In addition, you will practice annotation and close reading, skills that you will need for Module 4.
Instructions
For this assignment, you will use social annotation to comment and take notes. Social annotation is a way to read and take notes with your classmates. Social annotation is reading and thinking together. It brings the age-old process of marking up texts to the digital learning space while making it a collaborative exercise.
Click the large gray button below that says “Load 3.1 Social Annotation Analyzing a Podcast” to be taken to the reading with the social annotation tool Hypothes.is activated.If you are new to Hypothes.is, check out this quick guide to creating annotations: Introduction to the Hypothesis LMS App for StudentsLinks to an external site..
If you feel proficient at annotating, you can annotate with images, GIFs or videos. Check out this article which explains how to do this: Adding Links, Images, and Video.
Read the transcript for the podcast “Bad Bunny Unleashes a Genre-Smashing Summer Blockbuster” from NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour. To listen to the podcast as you read click here: NPR Bad Bunny audioLinks to an external site..
Look for one example of each of these rhetorical elements as you read.ethos (credibility or trustworthiness established through professional expertise, research, education, work, or experience)
pathos (emotion that helps listener relate to topic)
logos (facts, examples, reasoning that help the listener understand and relate to the topic)
audience (the target demographic and details that reveal the demographic)
purpose (inform, persuade, entertain)
language (formal, informal, conversational, academic plus organization of information)
audio (music, sound effects, background sound/ambiance, silence and their effect on the delivery and composition of the podcast)
Create an annotation for at least two rhetorical elements. Analyze how each element is operating and its effect on the podcast. Tag each annotation with the corresponding term. (Select new examples that other students have not analyzed.)
Reply to at least two of your classmates annotations with a comment or question about their analysis of the rhetorical element.
Respond to any comments or questions you are asked in your classmates’ replies to your annotations.
Grading
This assignment is worth 30 points: 20 points for your annotations (at least 2 annotations), 10 points for your 2 replies to classmates.
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Social Annotation: Analyzing a Podcast
Social Annotation: Analyzing a Podcast
CriteriaRatingsPts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeOriginal Annotations: Rhetorical Elements
20 to >18.0 ptsProficient
Fully addresses the prompt by analyzing each element with well-developed identification of the usage and effect of the element.
18 to >14.0 ptsCompetent
Addresses the prompt by analyzing each element with adequate identification of the usage and effect of the element.
14 to >0 ptsNovice
Does not fully address the prompt in analyzing the usage and effect of each element.
20 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeReplies to Peer Annotations
10 to >9.0 ptsProficient
Replies include meaningful, well-developed details that clearly analyze the content of the original annotation.
9 to >7.0 ptsCompetent
Replies include some meaningful, well-developed details that analyze the content of the original annotation.
7 to >0 ptsNovice
Replies do not include meaningful, well-developed details that clearly analyze the content of the original annotation.
10 pts
Total Points: 30
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