Access an advocacy web site on the internet and examine a persuasive statement from the site. Do not duplicate another student’s response. Share the link and the critique in your post.
Critique the site for the following:
The statements is terms of the distinctions between informative and persuasive speaking.
The persuasive challenges faced and functions served.
There are literally thousands of advocacy groups and web sites out there. The following list of organizations and sites should help to get things started:
American Civil Liberties Union www.aclu.com
National Rifle Association www.nra.org
Greenpeace www.greenpeace.org
National Right to Life www.nrlc.org
MoveOn.org www.moveon.org
Sierra Club www.sierraclub.org
The Christian Coalition www.cc.org
National Abortion and Reproduction Rights Action League www.naral.org
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights www.nnirr.org
The Heritage Foundation www.heritage.org
Democratic National Committee www.democrats.org
Republican National Committee www.rnc.org
NAACP www.naacp.org
Latino Web www.latinoweb.com
Native American Information www.nativeweb.org
White House www.whitehouse.gov