Rhetorical Analysis Essay- due in 11 hours.

Paper 8: Comparative Rhetorical Analysis

Instruction

The purpose of this assignment is to look at two articles written on the same topic, but addressing different audiences, and to take your observations and mold them into an argument about how audience expectations affects writing decisions.

You will first read both of the articles found below. I suggest reading the popular article first, which can help you better understand the content of the scholarly work. Once you have read both articles, you can start to build your analysis.

For this analysis, you should focus on some of the following rhetorical choices:

· Purpose

· Terminology

· Visuals

· Use of quotations

· Use of citations/references

You will want to explain each rhetorical choice for each of your sources, give descriptions or examples, and explain why the author(s) made that particular choice. Your thesis for this paper should NOT focus on which is more effective, but rather why the choices are so different; this will likely have to do with audience.

Organization

There are several ways to organize this paper; we will discuss them in detail in class. You can organize by article or by rhetorical feature. To organize by article, you would first address the rhetorical decisions in one article, then move to the next, and end with your comparison. Another strategy would be to address one rhetorical strategy at a time, and switch back and forth between articles.

Essay Requirements

Your writing should adhere to APA citation style. It should be about 4 pages long or 1200 words. The paper should be in 12-point, Times New Roman, double-spaced with one-inch margins and no extra space between paragraphs. The essay is DUE on Thursday February 27 as a hard copy at the beginning of class and uploaded to Turnitin.

The 2 Articles:

Whale Sharks Disappearing