In my rough draft for my major project one there was certain details and information I had to include in my paper. I decided what information was necessary in my rough draft by figuring out which facts helped my claim and supported it the best. I decided to leave out certain information because I thought that it was not necessary for my rough draft and did not made it any stronger. I made these rhetorical decisions by looking at all the facts and establishing which ones fit best in my rough draft. The steps in my research were to first figure out all the background information of my discourse community. After that I then went to their website and gathered all the facts about the community. The assumptions I brought to my research was the fact that RebelThon raises a lot of money for the kids. I checked this assumption by looking at how much they have made over the past years as a whole and also the amount per year. I worked with the facts about how much RebelThon has raised over the years to support my claim and argue that it is a very good discourse community. I am still looking for more background information how the people who created RebelThon and why they created it.
