Read 3 blogs and write a script where the authors of these blogs are placed in a conversation

Act 1

The Ideas (Minimum 450 words)

An introduction between you and the authors, and then a dialogue with the authors about their ideas, focused on challenging the authors and/or your own, personal values and beliefs about the issues within the readings. In order to do well in this act, you should read your three texts carefully, searching for the ideas you agree with, new insights, ideas you disagree with, points that are overlooked or omitted, new questions that are raised, and the limitations or consequences of each text. You should also consider how two or more texts agree or disagree on ideas, how one text builds on an idea from another text, what ideas you can understand more fully by reading two or more of the texts, etc. Then, in your play, talk with the authors about these ideas (and/or have them discuss these ideas with each other). The authors should challenge your assertions and the assertions that other authors in the conversation make, and each character should openly consider these challenges so that all of the characters’ perspectives widen and evolve throughout the act.

This act should illustrate that you created dialogue based on in-depth analysis of the texts and that you are synthesizing the arguments of the different texts based on that analysis.

Act 2

The Rhetorical Choices (Minimum 450 words)

A dialogue with the authors about their choices. In order to do well, you must first read the three texts and break down the text into smaller rhetorical features, such as purpose, audience, genre, appeals to logos, ethos, and pathos, angle of vision, and style, then look at how each relate and impact the overall persuasive effectiveness of the text. Then, in the play, discuss with the authors how they each tried to persuade their audience, whether the effort was effective or not, and why. You may have the authors discuss why they made different choices and how those choices suited their arguments or affected the overall effectiveness of the text. You can have the authors discuss this with each other and/or with you. You can even give or take advice if you’d like. Again, the authors should challenge your assertions and the assertions that other authors in the conversation make, and each character should openly consider these challenges so that all of the characters’ perspectives widen and evolve throughout the act.

Act 3

Your Conclusions (Minimum 450 words)

A dialogue with a friend about the discussion you had with the authors, hopefully uncovering something new about the discussed ideas and rhetorical strategies (in other words, don’t simply repeat what happened in Act 1 and Act 2, but reveal something new through your conversation with a friend). Here are some of the questions you might answer: what was the impact of the texts and discussion on you? What are the biggest takeaways and lessons? How can they be applied in your life? What additional questions linger? What personal examples do you have that you might add to an idea discussed in the previous Acts? Again, your friend should challenge your assertions, and you should openly consider these challenges so that both your perspectives widen and evolve.