Manifesto

Description

  • written statement
  • what a person or group stand for
  • plan for change
  • purpose: persuade / convince
  • long form thesis statements
  • can also be called "creed" or "mission statement"

Iterations

  • Political Manifesto: public declaration of inentions to change the wirld at large
  • Personal Manifesto: statement of who you are and hope to become

Etymology

manifestum (latin) --> obvious

manifesto (latin) --> to make public

Steps to writing a Manifesto

  1. Be concise: brief, snappy, call to action, memorable slogans
  1. Catch the reader's interest: engaging, captivating, analogies, word choice - diction
  1. Choose your audience: specific audience and purpose in mind
  1. Core Values: setting principles
  1. Plan of action: persuasive techniques to convince your audience

Examples of Manifestos

Communist Manifesto

The Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, was first published in 1848. It formed the basis for the modern communist movement as we know it, arguing that capitalism would inevitably self-destruct, to be replaced by socialism and ultimately communism.

Manifesto of Futurism

The “Manifesto of Futurism,” written by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and published on the front page of the French newspaper Le Figaro on February 20, 1909, proclaimed the burning desire of the author and his fellow Futurists to abandon the past and embrace the future.

Manifesto of Surrealism

In his 1924 “Surrealist Manifesto,” Andre Breton argued for an uninhibited mode of expression derived from the mind's involuntary mechanisms, particularly dreams, and called on artists to explore the uncharted depths of the imagination with radical new methods and visual forms.