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Project 3: Rhetorical Analysis Due dates: Argument Analysis (pre-writing activity): April 3 Graphic Organizer: April 6 Outline: April 10 Works Cited Page: April 13 First Draft: April 17 Revised Draft: April 24

Assignment Purpose:

The purpose of this project is to analyze the rhetorical appeals of an argument. • To analyze means to break apart. In an analysis essay, you choose

parts of a subject and explain how those parts contribute to the whole.

• The rhetorical appeals are strategies writers and speakers use to persuade their audience. The three rhetorical appeals you will discuss are logos, ethos, and pathos.

For this assignment, you will analyze an argument and discuss how the writer uses logos, ethos, and pathos to persuade or to convince the target audience.

Skills Practiced

This project emphasizes the following skills/thought processes:

• recognizing the difference between a strong argument and a weak one

• analyzing how the language is used effectively to persuade or convince.

• generating writing ideas, organizing those ideas, planning and producing a thoughtful analysis.

• reflecting on your process (the steps you take) and product (the essay you write)

Additional Knowledge

This project will give you additional knowledge of:

• strong paragraph structure • integrating and using quotes • using templates to build organizational confidence • creating a works cited page

Assignment Tasks:

1. Read the sample rhetorical analysis essays posted in the course. 2. Complete the Rhetorical Analysis Essay Writing Guide Lesson. 3. Complete the Rhetorical Analysis: Logos, Ethos, Pathos (REVIEW)

activity. 4. Choose a reading from the Project 3 Reading Selection Module. 5. Complete the Essay 3: Graphic Organizer 6. Create and submit an outline using the outline template as a

guide.

7. Submit a first draft and a revised draft.

Criteria for Success:

A successful project will include the following:

 A minimum of 700 words, typed, double-spaced with paragraphs indented

 An introduction paragraph that leads your reader into your paper’s thesis and includes a brief summary of the argument.

 A clear thesis that expresses the point of your paper. This will be your opinion of the speech’s effectiveness and what techniques or concepts contribute to that effectiveness

 Body paragraphs with topic sentences that explain the point of that paragraph (MEAL format). The body of the essay will be your analysis: introduce the appeal you will discuss in the first sentence of the paragraph and explain how the writer uses it to persuade the audience

 Body paragraphs should transition smoothly and directly relate to and support your thesis.

 No more than three direct quotes in your essay. Quotes cannot be more than two lines long. No direct quotes in the summary.

 Discussion of each rhetorical appeal: ethos, pathos, and logos.  A conclusion that restates your thesis (in a different way than in

your intro) and closes your paper.  A work cited page that includes the bibliographic information of

the essay you are analyzing.  uses MLA formatting guidelines (see image below).