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[From 10$/Pg] Find One Real WorldWeek 4.6 | Texts That Changed the World
(Discussion)No unread replies.No replies.In this last unit, you are being asked to join a
conversation in order to persuade an audience to act on the research question you have
been focusing on. For this assignment, you will find one real world example of a piece of
writing (an op-ed, historical document, legal document, news article, infographic, website,
video, poster, ad, etc.) that has created change in the world. The change can be a huge
change that we still talk about in history classes today, or it could be an important text in
your field of study or an important cultural text. You might think of a community or
organization that you belong to and an influential text that changed that
community/organization forever.Important note: You should not post a text that merely
describes an important event (for example, a news article that explains how COVID-19 has
changed society); you should post a text that itself changed society or had a big impact. For
example, the Declaration of Independence in the US changed the world, because it was the
first step to America becoming an independent nation, and the American Revolution ended
up deeply influencing other nations, like France, in their fight for independence. We still
today heavily quote the Declaration of Independence (“We hold these truths to be self-
evident, that all men are created equal”). I could choose that document for this assignment
and investigate the way the text itself changed the world–what ideas it introduced to society
that didn’t exist before that. In another example, in the field of medicine, Gray’s Anatomy,
one of the first widely published books that explained the human anatomy, was an
important stepping stone in the birth of modern medicine, because it helped people
understand how the human body worked. For this assignment, you must pick a text that
changed society, the world, a field of study, etc. (You may not use either of the examples I
just provided–find your own!)Step 1: Post a link to or a photograph of the text. Name the
text. Discuss what kind of text this is, who the audience was, and the context in which this
text was written (what was happening, why did the writer write this text? Give us enough
background to understand the text’s importance.)Then explain how this text actually
affected change. What changed after this text? Why is this text important to society or a
specific community? Do a rhetorical analysis of the text. Here, you should respond to the
following:What is the main message of this text? Who is the specific intended audience of
this message? (Here, do not say “everyone.” Be specific about the actual group of people that
this text is addressing.)How does this text use written words, spoken words, visuals, colors,
organization of information, etc. to communicate this message to this particular audience?

2. In other words, what is important about the WAY the text communicates its message? How
do/did those choices affect how effective or ineffective this message is for this
audience?You might not expect to affect world-wide change with your Unit 3 project, but
hopefully you plan to convince people of something for some purpose. Think about the two
texts you want to create for Project 3. What kind of change/results would you want to see if
people read your texts? You can focus on just one of the two texts for this question:What is
going to be the main message of your text? Who is the specific intended audience of this
message? (Here, do not say “everyone.” Be specific about the actual group of people that
your text will be addressing.)How do you hope to use written words, spoken words, visuals,
colors, organization of information, etc. to communicate this message to this particular
audience? In other words, what are some of the stylistic choices you want to make in your
text? How do you think those choices affect how effective or ineffective this message is for
this audience?Your post should be at least 250 words long and thoroughly answer the
questions above.