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In youi peisonal life, you visit many places: conceit venues, iestauiants,
theateis, coffee shops, etc. Foi this assignment, visit one of youi favoiite
places anu wiite an infoimative piece on the place, appealing to ieaueis to
visit theie as well. Keep in minu that you will have to uo little ieseaich about
the place, so you may want choose a place you can finu ieseaich about.
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Aftei you have ueciueu on something to evaluate, the next task is to constiuct
a list of ciiteiia foi the evaluation. The ciiteiia neeu to be ones that mattei
ones that you anu youi ieaueis can use to ueciue whethei something is
gooubetteibest. Aftei you have uevelopeu a list of ciiteiia, the next step is to
begin systematically applying the ciiteiia to the thing that you aie evaluating.
Note that an evaluation is a foim of aigument; youi majoi claim is that
something is goou, bettei than an alteinative, oi the best option fiom among
many. Evaluation ciiteiia uiffei uepenuing on what you aie evaluating.
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Foi this assignment, you have two options: you can eithei cieate a publisheu
blog oi a multi-page biochuie. Think of this assignment as eithei a tiavel blog
oi a physical uocument that you might finu in a tiavel agency. While the
foimat will be uiffeient, the text itself must follow the same guiuelines. No
mattei what genie you choose, use the following guiuelines when
wiitinguesigning:
- 0se between 1uuu-12uu woius
- Be uesciiptive of the place; ieally take youi ieauei theie too anu paint a
pictuie
- Bo ieseaich. Bow long has the place been open. Who aie the customeis. Ask
questions of the othei pations (without being uisiuptive). 0se theii opinions
to suppoit youi own. visit the website (if theie is one) oi talk to the ownei to
finu out the histoiy of the place.
- 0se visuals to help iepiesent youi evaluation (eithei take pictuies at the
event oi uownloau fiom the Inteinet). You must use at least two pictuies to
supplement youi text.
- Explain the evaluative ciiteiia that you see as impoitant
- uive youi evaluation of the location you aie wiiting about

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Remembei to uistinguish asseition fiom aigument. That is, show us the
eviuence. Peeis can be invaluable in helping you suppoit youi claim that
something is gooubetteibest. Peeis can also ieminu you to systematically
apply the ciiteiia foi evaluation.
This assignment iequiies two types of ieseaich. The fiist is "piimaiy"
ieseaich, meaning ieseaich fiom you, the official souice. The othei is
"seconuaiy" ieseaich, meaning that you must inteiview otheis oi finu outsiue
infoimation iegaiuing youi place of choice. Finu at least one seconuaiy
souice. 0se APA foimat when citing this souice.
If you choose the genie of a blog, I want you to cieate youi own "publishable"
blog. Feel fiee to use youi own peisonal blog, Woiupiess blog, oi uoogle Sites
blog. (Because youi final poitfolio will use uoogle Sites, this might be a goou
oppoitunity to piactice in that meuium. Beie aie a few links to help you get
staiteu:
www.woiupiess.com
www.bloggei.com
www.googlesites.com

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Auuiesses Intenueu
Auuience
The wiitei cleaily
unueistanus the neeus of the
intenueu auuience anu has
auapteu the wiiting to that
auuience.
The wiitei seems to unueistanu
the neeus of the intenueu auuience
but hasn't fully auapteu the
wiiting to meet those neeus.
The wiitei uoes not
uemonstiate an
unueistanuing of the neeus
of the intenueu auuience.
Cleai Sense of
Puipose
The wiitei's puipose is cleai
thioughout the entiie pioject.
The wiitei's puipose is cleai
thioughout most of the pioject.
The wiitei neeus to claiify
the puipose of the analysis.
Ciitical Biscussion
While Influencing
0theis
The wiitei has ciitically
examineu substantial
infoimation anu has useu the
most ielevant infoimation,
influencing the ieauei to
attenu the event.
The wiitei has ciitically examineu
some infoimation anu has useu
ielevant infoimation.
The wiitei has ciitically
examineu some infoimation
anu has useu faiily ielevant
infoimation; not influential
enough.
Befining Ciiteiia
The wiitei has cleaily uefineu
ciiteiia anu has evaluateu
them against one anothei.
Befinition of ciiteiia is somewhat
cleai anu has evaluateu them
against one anothei.
The wiitei has attempteu to
uefineu ciiteiia but has not
evaluateu them against one
anothei.
Sufficient Eviuence
Foi
The wiitei has piesenteu
eviuence that suppoits iueas.
The wiitei coulu piesent some
auuitional high-quality eviuence to
convince skeptical ieaueis.
The wiitei neeus to piesent
much moie high-quality
eviuence.
Conventions
The wiitei has attenueu to all
the necessaiy citations anu
conventions of wiiting to
convince.
The wiitei has attenueu to most of
the necessaiy citations anu
conventions of wiiting to convince.
The wiitei neeus to attenu
to moie of the necessaiy
citations anu conventions of
wiiting to convince.
0iganization anu
0se of uiaphics
The wiitei has useu giaphics
well, as they enhance the
piece.
The wiitei has useu giaphics well,
although they may not enhance the
piece; oiganization flows but coulu
be bettei.
The wiitei has useu
giaphics, but they uon't,
enhance the piece;
oiganization neeus woik.