My Rhetorical Action Plan

In this blog post I will be discussing my rhetorical action plan.

Bulsuk, Karn. "The PDCA Cycle". 11/20/2008. Creative Commons.

Audience

• For the most part my audience should have some level of interest in my subject because it concerns them directly. They already know the basics of becoming a doctor from the research that they have done and through any experiences that they have had.
• My audience values the doctoral profession because the audience themselves wish to enter that profession.
• I think that statistics showing how many current physicians are unhappy with their work will be very effective in creating a standard for argument. I think that it will be most effective if I just state the facts outright
• I think that if I were to include pictures of doctors during work hours that are overwhelmed, stressed, or unhappy will help appeal to the emotions and help persuade my audience.
• The audience is listening to my argument because I believe that many of them are not informed enough to make a decision to enter the medical field. I want to provide a solution to the problem of unhappy doctors by making them reevaluate what they are trying to get into.

Genre

• The function of my genre is to propose a solution to a common problem.
• I could see my genre being used in any source of media that is highly accessed by younger adults, specifically targeting the ones that wish to enter medical school in the near future. I could see my self expressing my argument over a media site such as Youtube. A link to two Youtube videos in the same genre can be found here and here.
• I will definitely be using logos and pathos in my argument by presenting some data that is a potential game changer. This data will appeal to the emotions because it will shock the readers as well as appeal to logic because it is hard evidence supporting my claim.
• If I decide to use visual elements it will be those of doctors that look to be unhappy in their workplace. I will do this to promote an appeal to emotions in my readers.
• I will definitely be using a scientific and formal approach to this project to appeal to my credibility.

Responses/Actions

• Positive

• People are persuaded away from a career that they wouldn't have enjoyed.

•  People will become aware of the problem at hand.

•  Someone of importance supports my argument and offers validity.

• Negative

• People will refute by saying, "Not all doctors are unhappy. "

•  People will ignore my argument and potentially enter the wrong field.

•  "You're not a doctor why should I listen to you?"