My Rhetorical Action Plan

Webb, Michaela "screenshot" 2015

Audience: I want to write to an outdoor/rock climbing audience. 

Knowledge: Those in Arizona have probably heard of the Oak Flat controversy, but might not know many details. Most of them are probably familiar with and passionate about the issue of wilderness areas being destroyed for economic reasons.

Values: Rock climbers are generally very liberal and progressive, especially when it comes to environmental issues. They value the protection of rock climbing areas, and probably also the protection of native american cultural treasures

Standards of Argument: the most important arguments that I can make for this audience are going to be that oak flat is a cultural and environmenal treasure, has great rock climbing, and is being taken for development in sneaky ways.

Visual Elements that highlight the natural beauty and recreational value of Oak Flat will be the most persuasive, because that's whet my audience cares about.

The purpose of my article is to raise awarreness within the climbing community about the fight for oak flat, because they are one group that hasn't done much to act  yet, but should care about the issue.

Genres: 
Tuesday Night Bouldering Column on Rock and Ice Magazine website:  http://www.rockandice.com/lates-news/tnb-raphael-slawinski-firsthand-acccount-of-everest-earthquake
http://www.rockandice.com/lates-news/tnb-forgotten-hero-frank-sacherer-1940-1978

Informational Article  on a climbing or hiking website:
http://www.climbing.com/news/special-feature-the-libecki-brothers-explore-vertical-greenland/
http://www.climbing.com/news/teen-charged-in-ten-sleep-climber-shooting/

Actions/responses:
Positive: become more aware of an issue, understand the complications involved in the Oak Flat controversy, possibly do something.

Negative: "This is a politically biased article!" "The economic benefits to the area outweigh the destruction of the environment" "there are lots of other places to rock climb!"