Title: Competency Assessment: (CU3 M1) Offer Persuasive Answers
Course: SkillsCom WR 121 16.0 > Section: Credit Unit 3 Module 1

In this Competency Assessment, you have the opportunity to practice writing persuasively. You will write three persuasive answers on the website Answers.Yahoo.com.

Ideally your answers will be chosen as the “Best Answer” by the Asker (the person asking the question online) OR voted the “Best Answer” by the other members of the Answers community. While your answers will only be graded on the rubric below, take note that the site provides a way to measure the persuasiveness of your answer.

1. Create an account at Yahoo.com. (This can be a “throw-away” account.)

2. Log in and visit the main home page at Yahoo.com.

3. Click the “Answers” link on the top of the page.

4. Browse around the different categories of Answers at Yahoo.com. The menu on the left side shows the different categories such as Arts & Humanities, Beauty & Style, etc.

Choose a category that will provide questions you are interested in and have some knowledge about so that you can, indeed, correctly answer the question!

Once you have clicked on a category, you will notice there is a link to sub-categories on the left. For example, under the category of Society & Culture you will discover sub-categories such as Community Service, Cultures & Groups, etc.  And there is yet another “More” button that will lead to even more sub-categories. Every category offers sets of sub-categories.

5.  Write and post 3 excellent answers to questions of your choice.

6. Submit your MS Word document which includes your answer copied from the site. Also include the link to your profile/Yahoo.com username (this will allow the answer to be read in context with the question asked). If you would like, include the 3 URLs (links) that lead to your answers.