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The Break-Up Letter Project: Writing with Tone, Audience, and Ethical Rhetoric

This assignment asks students to write a break-up letter using rhetorical strategies to communicate a difficult message clearly, respectfully, and empathetically. Students practice tone control, audience awareness, emotional intelligence, and ethical persuasion while maintaining clarity and organization. The activity supports rhetorical awareness, reflective writing, and genre experimentation in first-year composition and writing-intensive...

Keywords:: ethical rhetoric, Rhetorical writing, genre-based writing, audience awareness, tone and style, reflective writing, voice in writing, first-year composition

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Humanities / English

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Material Type:: Assignment
Date Added to MERLOT:: December 23, 2025
Date Modified in MERLOT:: December 23, 2025
Author:: Kelly Downs
Submitter:: Kelly Downs

Primary Audience:: High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, Graduate School
Technical Format:: PDF
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
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