Writer can choose a topic
I. Reflection Memo (one-page single-spaced minimum)
Describe your general approach to the assignment, starting at the topic selection memo, and how/why you edited the document following peer review, your visit to the Writing Center (if you attended), and feedback from your instructor. Explicitly reference the people who provided you with feedback and what exactly they said.
Also address how you used/built on your experience in the previous modules to complete this assignment. In particular, how did your experience completing and receiving feedback on the previous major assignments contribute to your final submission of the Proposal.
In general, how do you see your approach to audience-based writing changing/improving in this course? As always, provide specific details and examples whenever possible.
II: Audience Selection (1 pages minimum)
In this section, you will identify this project’s Gatekeeper, Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary audience members, following the model covered in the reading Download reading.
For each audience, describe who they are in detail, their backgrounds, their current position(s), their relationship to the problem and how the Proposal document will affect them. (Your ENGL393 professor is not to be included in these audiences).
III. Cover Letter:
Your cover letter will be addressed to your gatekeeper (not your ENGL393 professor). It will introduce your credentials, and serve as a pitch – a brief, attention-grabbing description – of your Proposal Document. Use a three-paragraph structure, similar to the formal letter you compose for Job/Internship Selection + Resume and Cover Letter. One page, single-spaced max.
IV. Cover Page:
A single page with your project title (a title that clearly and succinctly identifies the topic of the document as well as the document type) and your name. You may add other essential information you find necessary.
V. Table of Contents:
This should include all report sections appearing after the table of contents.
The main body of the report should be double-spaced in MLA format (Links to an external site.), organized in the following sections:
Part I: Introduction and Context (2 pages minimum)
Provide a meaningful introduction, providing as many specific details as possible about the organization/company/etc you are addressing. Start broad and move to the more specific context of your project.
For example (not to be replicated), if you were discussing something related to ADHD on campus, addressed to the Health Center, in this section you might start off identifying what ADHD was, providing stats and figures. Then you could talk about college age populations specifically. Finally, you would introduce the specific context of the University of Maryland.
Establish the problem or opportunity, providing as much evidence as possible. Be compelling.
Part II: Literature Review and Available Models (2 pages minimum)
Here you will identify and discuss resources currently available on this subject, both within the immediate context of the problem/opportunity you are addressing, as well as at large. For example, if there is already a great deal of internal documentation at the office/department/organization/company you are addressing, you can mention what these resources are, in addition to any available scholarly or other popular research. The items discussed here should be listed in your bibliography.
Most importantly, you will want to identify examples of other offices/departments/organizations/companies that have encountered the same issue and who may have already developed solutions. Likely, your audience is not the first to encounter the problem you’ve identified. Who else has attempted to address the same or similar problem, and how have they gone about it?
Part III. Analysis and Synthesis (2 pages minimum)
Having identified your problem, discussed available research on the project, now you will provide analysis/synthesis that explains to the reader how all of this information works together.
Clearly identify what issues are most important, the pros and cons of different possibilities.
Most importantly, walk the reader through the decision-making process of determining how best to address the problem identified at the beginning of the document.
Part IV: Proposed Solution (2 pages minimum)
Based on your assessment of the problem/opportunity, and the available research and models you identified, outline your solution in detail.
Carefully provide the analysis that led you to this proposed solution, providing any additional evidence.
Be as detailed as possible about the nature of the solution, costs/time/etc.
Part V: Conclusion (.5 page)
Your conclusion should provide a succinct, effective summary of your proposal, while also mentioning what the next steps are for moving forward.
Part VI: Bibliography (12+ sources, starting on separate page)
The bibliography should contain at least twelve (12) sources and, along with your in-text citations, be provided in MLA format (Links to an external site.).
10 pages SINGLE-SPACED
and works cited page with 12 references
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