Manifesto MENTOR TEXT WRITING

Background  Manifesto—from the Latin manifestus meaning clear, “evident”—is defined as a “public declaration of principles, policies, or intentions, especially of a political nature” (Dictonary.com)  The manifesto is usually a fairly grumpy document.  The impetus for writing a manifesto is an extreme dissatisfaction at the way things are, and by starting your movement—your “-ism”—you are saying you have a plan to fix it.  You may have heard of The Communist Manifesto, co-authored by Karl Marx in The Declaration of Independence is also a manifesto of sorts. There’s also a history of manifestoes in artistic and literary movements, and that’s where you come in. Charles Olsen’s “Notes on Projective Verse” is a big, hulking manifesto—important, and a fairly unreadable one at that. The Guerrilla Girls, a collective of female artists manifesto flyer is the most recent example, and is thoroughly entertaining and in-your-face.

Assignment Requirements  For our purposes, your manifesto can be as serious or as light-hearted as you want it to be. You and a partner must develop a manifesto for a new faction that does not already exist. Your mentor text must reflect one or more of the manifestos written by Roth. Your manifesto must be words.  First and foremost: Your manifesto must identify a flaw within society. And, your manifesto is an attempt to remedy the flaw.  In addition to your manifesto you must also:  Summary of Faction: must be written in paragraph form  Narrative Description of the initiation process  Narrative description or image of the dress code (with labels)  Narrative Description or image of the compound (with labels)  Create a flyer – advertise your faction  Symbol & slogan must be included

Manifestos  Abnegation – Poem  Amity – 5 characteristics with short anecdotes through dialogue  Candor – 3 essential truths. First person code through brief narrative.  Erudite – 5 truths. A proposal based on these truths. 6 areas of knowledge that will establish these truths. A narrative of reason to end.  Dauntless – 19 belief statements

Guerrilla Girls’ Manifesto Flyers

More Manifestos

What is a mentor text?  A mentor text is an example to follow  We can model our writing based off of  Ideas  Content  Format  Techniques  For the purpose of this assignment you are required to use the format and techniques used throughout Roth’s Manifestos.