The document is an online writing lab website from Excelsior College that provides writing resources and guides. It contains 10 guides covering various writing topics, including an in-depth guide on assignment analysis. The website instructs students to review the Assignment Analysis page and a Prezi on rhetoric to understand purpose, audience, and voice. It includes interactive activities to analyze differences in voice for various audiences. A video example demonstrates a student's rhetorical analysis. Students are asked to summarize key points from the module and analyze the purpose, audience, and voice for an assigned literacy narrative. A link guides students through navigating the related website content.

1. Excelsior College Online Writing Lab Website
http://owl.excelsior.edu/
Jeannie Anderson
Elgin Community College
Waubonsee Community College
College of DuPage

2.  Excelsior College has created a student-
friendly, interactive Online Writing Lab
(OWL) made up of 10 resource guides that
cover a variety of writing topics, including a
comprehensive guide to assignment analysis.

3.  http://owl.excelsior.edu/posts/view/11
 Begin this unit by reviewing the Assignment
Analysis page, including the “What Is
Rhetoric, and How Can
It Help” Prezi by
Michelle Healy.

4.  You will use the green
arrows circled in red on
the left to navigate to the
Assignment Analysis pages

5.  Purpose
 Audience
 Voice
 Changing Audiences Activity
 Notice the differences in voice,
diction, and tone in each of the
three paragraphs

6. Complete this activity on the OWL website. Click the Restart button to begin

7. Scroll over each Research Purpose for additional information

8.  See it in Practice
 2-minute video cast of a student explaining her
rhetorical analysis for her research paper.
 Your Turn Now
 In a one-page reflection, address the following:
1. Summarize the content from this learning
module, highlighting the most relevant aspects.
2. Read the essay 1 assignment: you will be
writing a literacy narrative. Explain your
purpose, audience, and voice for this
assignment.

9.  It can be confusing to go back and forth
between a Powerpoint and a website, so the
below link will guide you through the website
part of this presentation.
 http://screencast.com/t/loWHmHHldBA