Prompt Write a letter to a “real” human being—someone other than the professor.

Prompt
Write a letter to a “real” human being—someone other than the professor. Pick a public figure as the target recipient of your letter; you may pick a senator, the White House, a local representative, a candidate running for office, or a university administrator—someone in public office with the power to do something. In this letter, you need to make a “call to action” regarding some issue that you care about. To do this, you need to apply some rhetorical methods we learned over the first few weeks of class: pathos, ethos, and logos. You may also need to do some research in order to present your recipient with compelling evidence. I have two basic rules regarding the selection of your issue:
You must actually care about the issue. If you don’t care, this will be obvious in your rhetoric.
The issue must actually affect YOU personally. You can’t just write on behalf of the general public.
Format
Length: minimum of 1,000 words (~2 pages, typed, single-spaced)
This does NOT include addresses, the date, salutation, closing, etc.
If you do not meet the minimum word count, your assignment will automatically receive a failing grade.
Business Letter Format
See the Purdue OWL’s website for samples; https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/professional_technical_writing/basic_business_letters/index.html (Links to an external site.)
12-point, Times New Roman font
1-inch margins
Rubric
Proposal Letter of Civic Engagement Part 1
Criteria
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeRead and critically evaluate college-level material from a variety of sources.
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeUse research methods to discover and evaluate outside sources for use in support of his/her argument.
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDemonstrate continued development in writing correct and sophisticated college-level English prose.
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDraw sound inferences from data given in a variety of forms.
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCompose thesis-driven arguments, using MLA format, that addresses a variety of rhetorical situations, including interpretation, evaluation, and analysis, supporting them with a variety of appropriate textual evidence.