A&B Ch. 15 Skill 1 writing a proposal.

One form of rhetoric that is commonly is known as a proposal.  A proposal, as it may sound, is presenting an idea to a group with the goal of getting people to change and take action on some topic or with some part of a group’s life.  When pondering about how to go about this proposal there are many factors that should be considered.  First is you need to show your audience that there is in fact a problem that needs to be brought up.  This can be one of the hardest parts of the proposal as most people are naturally evasive of change and when they hear that there is something with the way that they have always done something, they tend to want to fight back.  Your goal is to make sure that they understand the problem as clearly as possible.  Once you get your audience convinced that something needs to be changes you can move onto the second thing: presenting a solution.  Whenever a problem is pointed out it is always key to provide a solution.  If you have a person who is constantly saying that there is something wrong but have no idea how to fix the problems then all they will accomplish is annoying people.  You need to show to people that you know what you are talking about, how to fix it and that it’s the best solution out there.  In this portion you could also bring up other people’s proposals for solutions and show either why yours would be more effective or why theirs wouldn’t solve the problem like yours would.  And third, you need to show the people that this will not cost them too much, whether it be time, money, or effort, you need to show to the people that this is be better for them or people in general in the long run.