My Rhetorical Action Plan

In this blog post, I will identify my plan of action rhetorically, which will make the process of writing project 3 easier.

"Making a Plan" (via Examiner). 

The audience for my argument, as identified in earlier posts, will be diabetics over 15 years old consume artificial sweeteners.

It is hard to know what people know about a topic. I will assume that my audience knows that artificial sweeteners are readily available and consumed. I will also assume that my audience knows that there is some controversy surrounding the safety and impacts of artificial sweeteners. Since my audience consumes artificial sweeteners, I will assume that they view them as safe.

The values of diabetics will be health-oriented. These are people who put a lot of time and effort into what they eat, and making sure that their blood sugar is at the correct levels. I will have to translate the research into easy to read, because these are just your everyday people.

I want to provide research that shows alternatives to artificial sweeteners, so that the diabetics can make their own choice. If their choice is still artificial sweeteners, that is fine, but I want them to feel educated.

Since the topic is food, I think that visuals are very important. If you are trying to make people want something healthy, you have to make it look good too.

My audience is listening to my argument because they want to be informed, and empowered to make their own decisions. I think that my argument will expand their knowledge, and they will consider alternatives.

My first idea for the argument is a cooking episode. Here is an example of a cooking episode that provides information with a demonstration. Here is another example of a cooking show that is informative. This genre informs and shows an example recipe. This could be posted on a blog or internet website. This is more informal, and uses the visual of actually making a healthy low sugar recipe. Rhetorical strategies are presented verbally.

Another idea would be a narrated video with slides and text. Here is an example of a narrated slide show. Here is another very similar one. This genre is visual, but not a demonstration. This could be posted on youtube or a blog. This is a bit more formal than the cooking show, and uses the visuals of a slide show. Rhetorical strategies are presented textually and visually.

I would like to see people motivated about diabetic cooking. I want people to find alternatives to sweeteners. I would also like to see people using sweeteners in addition to alternatives, if that's what they want.

People could wonder how good the low sugar food actually tastes. In this case, I would invite them to try the recipe that I present themselves. People could say that there is no problem with cooking with sweeteners, in this case I would urge them to try the recipe, but not stop eating what they want. Lastly, people could think that my recipe is disgusting, and in that case, I would tell them that they don't have to eat it.