PROJECT 3

CROSS-CULTURAL/RHETORICAL LITERACIES

CROSS-CULTURAL/RHETORICAL LITERACIES
Purpose: The purpose of this project is to demonstrate how students from
different cultural backgrounds use different rhetorical (writing) strategies to
describe and analyze their cultural artifacts (see project 2 project guidelines)
In this paper, you will:
● write a cross-cultural/rhetorical analysis paper
● read your peers’ papers (there will be 4-5 students in a group); your peers’

papers will be your sources. You can also use additional sources to
support your argument

● summarize, paraphrase, and quote your peers’ essays
● compare, contrast, and also critically analyze the essays
● demonstrate how everyone uses different rhetorical strategies to describe

cultural artifacts
● state what is old knowledge (you already knew) and new knowledge
● avoid plagiarism (and also help your peers avoid plagiarism)

WORKING ON THE PROJECT: WRITING PROCESSES
● Write 7-10 inquiry questions on Google Drive and share them with your

colleagues (and share with your peers for peer review–make it
commentable).

● Arrange your inquiry questions and create outline on Google Drive (and
share with your peers for peer review–make it commentable).

● Begin to develop your project based on the outline and inquiry questions (if
you change some, let me know).

● Post your draft -1 in Eli and do peer review (group peer review) based on
the rubrics (I will assign groups after you post your drafts); peer review
guidelines will be posted in Eli.

● Revise your project based on your peers’ feedback and comments and
post Draft -2 on Google Drive (or Eli–I will let you know) for peer review

● Revise your project based on the comments and feedback.
● Final project–post on the project 3 web page (like project 1 and 2)

THINKING WHILE WRITING
● What is the main thesis/focus? Does it have a central idea? Is it clearly

established and maintained throughout (the paper)?
● Does it develop the purpose of your paper?
● Does it provide important evidences to support your claim?
● Does it address (global) audience well? You have audience from all around

the world.
● Does it raise question that you are trying to explore?
● How is the main idea supported by evidences (or supported by other

sub-titles)?
● What evidences, examples, sources, images, and videos do you have to

support your ideas?
● Does the writer/you quote/cite and analyze the sources well?
● Is the “Works Cited” page for MLA) or “References” page for APA created

(in a separate page)?
● Are the use of syntax, grammar, and mechanics accurate?

AUDIENCE/PURPOSE-DRIVEN ESSAY
● Your last name/page number, your/professor’s name, course information,

project, and due date
● Title/subtitles
● Main idea is explained well that is followed by illustrations, evidences,

examples, and images/tables etc.
● You can use figures, tables, and graphics (use captions-see model

essays); if you are using them, they should communicate what you intend
them to do; they should not result in unnecessary clutter

● Sources: Summarize, paraphrase, and quote them properly (be aware of
plagiarism)

● Revise your essay several times and also ask your peers to read it for you;
revise where your readers do not understand, or wherever they tend to get
lost

● Edit, polish, and proofread
● Final Paper!

REQUIREMENTS
● 12 point font
● One-inch margins
● Arial/Calibri
● If it is more than one page,

your last name and page
numbers on each page (MLA)

● Your name
● Professor’s name
● Course (WRA …)
● The name of the assignment
● Due date (see sample

essay/s)

● Double spaced
● Caption/s (if you have any

images)
● 6-8 pages
● MLA/APA citation format
● Save everything electronically

(dropbox and Google Drive
recommended)

● See the model essays (on the
“Resources/Materials”)

PROJECT 2 :: GRADE ALLOCATION

● Inquiry Questions/Outline – 10%
● Draft 1 – 10%
● Draft 2 – 10%
● Draft 3 – 10%
● Global Peer Review – 10%
● Final – 50%
For due dates (other information), check syllabus and
calendar

THANK YOU

Al shakhs

Title: Why Different Parts of Saudi Arabia have Different Cultural Conventions

Purpose: Explaining how the cultures changed throughout the years and the differences.

Introduction

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Explain/describe the TITLE in 2-3 (4-5) sentences

· Thesis statement (wh–statement)

· Outline (structure of the essay–How you are going to organize/arrange your paper)

· Background information (why you chose it)

· Why am I writing this essay?

· Who is my audience?

· What do I know about this artifact?

· What people think about this artifact and what I think about it.

· History of …/Literature review

· When did this history of the artifact begin?

· Who created this historical artifact?

· Why was this artifact created?

· Why is the history of the artifact important?

· Present sites (the meaning of artifact at present) such as how it is changing now

· What is the purpose of the artifact?

· Has the purpose of the artifact change, if so how?

· Why did the meaning of the artifact change?

· Issues/problems such as what issues or problems you still see

·

· Potential solutions

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· Conclusion Future Direction/s

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· Works Cited

Mohammed alshakhs

Writing 1004

Professor: marohang Limbu

01/26/2020

Why Different Parts of Saudi Arabia have Different Cultural Conventions

Introduction

The cultural differences in Saudi Arabia are greatly influenced by the Islamic and Arab culture, and the whole society is generally traditional, religious, conservative, and family-oriented. Most of the traditions and attitudes in different parts of Saudi Arabia are centuries-old and have been derived from both the Islamic heritage and Arab civilization. However, cultural differences in different parts in Saudi Arabia has greatly been affected by the rapid change, as the country was transforming from being an impoverished nomadic society to being a rich community producer within a short period of time. The purpose of this project is how Sasudi Arabia is like different culture conventions. When describing why different parts of Saudi Arabia have different cultural conventions, it is important to describe the different causes of the local cultural differences. Comment by Jinjin Meng: you can describe more detail about how islmic and arab culture influence saudi arabia cultural later. Comment by Jinjin Meng: The main idea?

This essay is divided into five parts. First, I will introduce my artifact. Second, I will give background information of Third, history, background information describing why the topic is important, literature review, the preside sites, the problems that are still existing, potential solutions, and finally, a conclusion on future directions.

Background Information

Saudi Arabia has been facing complex cultural differences in different parts. The Saudi government has been making attempts to bridge the already existing cultural differences within the country. Despite the fact that the country has implemented some educational reforms, the change process has been taking place slower than anticipated. Cultural differences are an issue that the government has been trying a lot to address over the last decade. Cultural differences are an issue that needs more research for it to be understood better and will as well give the researcher insight into the different cultural practices that are present in Saudi Arabia.

History of Different Cultural Conventions (Literature Review)

Saudi Arabia considers Islam as the correct belief and a principle, a constitution, and an integrated way of living. The Islamic law that governs all the parts of the country is used as a way of bridging the cultural differences within the country. Despite the fact that the place of women in most of the cultures within the country has been discussed in different publications, the social status of the women in the different parts of the country is not mentioned (Al-Asfour et al. 2017). One of the key causes of such cultural difference between different parts in Saudi Arabia is because of the number of challenges peculiar to Saudi society. The different challenges that the women face in different parts in Saudi Arabia could be attributed to their gender, while in other parts, the challenges could be attributed to the education levels of the women.

The Wahhabi Islamic movement that arose around the 18th century can sometimes be described as an austerely puritanical, and it is now predominating most parts of the country. Based on the principle of “enjoying good and forbidding wrong”, there are several prohibitions and limitations on both the behavior and dressing that are some of the cultural differences instilled both legally and socially in different parts of the country (Malas & Bruce 2017). However, most of the cultural restrictions in different parts of Saudi Arabia have been lifted recently, especially the female-related issues.

Present Sites of different Cultural Conventions

The different social constraints that are placed on women in different parts in Saudi Arabia have been acting as barriers in cross-gender communication is some parts, while in other parts, acting as a barrier to cross-gender interaction. That issue can be described as gender segregation where a man and a woman are expected not to be alone, not unless they are related in one way or another. Both the conventional and Islamic individuals in Saudi Arabia try to confront the philosophical foundation by harmonization of sexes in different parts of the country and excluding the natural interactions that can take place between the unmarried and the unrelated males and females (Al-Bakr et al. 2017). Traditionally, different religions within the country used to have different dresses, but that is an issue that has already been addressed through the re-establishment of Saudi rule. Most of the women today wear an abaya, which is a long black cloak that usually covers all the parts of their body except the face and the hands in public, although that is not required. Whatever the social status and the job of Saudi men and boys, they are now required to wear a traditional dress which has been described as the “Arabic dress.”

Problems Still Present of different convention

Religious influences have still been found in many parts of Saudi Arabia. To start with, the religious police in some parts of Saudi Arabia monitor social institutions to make sure that they are properly enforcing the value of Islamic law. Hence, the academic institutions in such parts are expected to implement and develop policies that strongly align with Islamic law (Al-Bakr et al. 2017). There are some instances when religious authorities are usually ignored in such parts. People living in such areas in Saudi Arabia are therefore expected not to engage themselves in any form of argument or appeal on the decisions that have already been made since the religious authority has the final judgment in the whole process of making decisions.

Potential Solution

To avoid humiliation by the religious police, most of the institutions should base their work on the four different Sunni’s schools of jurisprudence: Hanbali, Maliki, Hanafi, and Shafiai.

Conclusion

In Saudi Arabia, differences in the cultural conventions in different parts of the country are usually influenced by both religious and social factors. It is, therefore, important to describe the different causes of cultural differences in Saudi Arabia. The role of women in society is one of the significant causes of the cultural differences that need to be addressed.

Works cited

Al-Asfour, Ahmed, Tlaiss, Andrew, Khan, Ali, Saudi women’s work challenges and barriers to career advancement. Career Development International. 2017

Al-Bakr, Bruce, Davidson, Schlaffer, Kropiunigg, Empowered but not equal: Challenging the traditional gender roles as seen by university students in Saudi Arabia. In FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education (Vol. 4, No. 1, p. 3). 2017.

Malas, Jamel, Bruce, Seraj. Wahhabism in Disguise: A Radical Islam Master Thesis on the Global Spread of Wahhabism by Saudi Arabia. (2017)

Khalid

· Describe more detail about how islmic and arab culture influence saudi arabia cultural later.

· I think he gives enough examples to support the topic sentence it gives more detail about the keywords of the topic sentence

· He is more specific and he gives more detail than the reader needs in order to understand the overall theme of the text or point he is attempting to make