In this week's blog entry, students will evaluate a commercially available product or service using online comparative shopping tools. They will present their research in reviews that consider several evaluative techniques:
- Assessing the rhetorical situation,
- Stating an overall claim about the subject,
- Clarifying their criteria for evaluation,
- Stating a judgment for each criteria,
- Supporting each judgment with evidence, and
- Balancing their evaluation with both positive and negative comments.
Their evaluations and reviews will feature products ranging from trucks to shoes to vacuum cleaners.
