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English 101 Name:

“Media Text” Brainstorm

Step #1 – Concept Map: After reviewing the Essay II assignment and identifying a potential ‘media text’ (in center of map) for your rhetorical analysis essay, please build a concept map that considers:

-potential audience (Why them? How do you know? Evidence?)

-message(s) (why is it being used? How does it exist in text? Evidence?)

-manipulation/appeal with ethos, pathos, and logos

-potential real world effects

Step #2 – Free Write : After completing the concept map, free write (of at least 300 words) about your potential text and the ideas you brainstormed for your free write -> explain the thinking behind your concept map. Remember that free writing is an informal reflection exercise. Some of your free write here may be appropriate for Topic Discussion #4: