WK 3 WORK

Summary and Rhetorical Analysis

Assignment: For this writing assignment, select a scholarly article from the Hunt Library on a subject that interests you.

Write an essay, of approximately 450 - 500 words, in which you:

Identify the elements of the rhetorical situation – introduction (1st paragraph of essay)

· Article title and author(s) – provide the link to the article

· Topic - the subject

· Audience - the readers (both primary and secondary audience)

· Purpose - the reason for writing (informative or persuasive)

· Thesis statement - a claim about the overall effectiveness of the text

Summarize the article - body (2nd paragraph of essay)

· Summary - the thesis and major supporting points

· Objective tone – do not insert your own opinion or evaluation

Select 3-4 rhetorical strategies from the text – body (3rd and 4th paragraphs of essay)

· Form (organization and format)

· Style (sentence design, word choice, and use of figurative language)

· Types of evidence/support (facts, quotes, statistics, case studies, etc.)

· Appeal to logos (logic)

· Appeal to ethos (credibility)

· Appeal to pathos (emotions)

Analyze those strategies

· Identify each of the selected strategies.

· Give an example from the text for each selected strategy.

Evaluate the effectiveness of these strategies - conclusion (5th paragraph)

· Explain why the strategies successfully appeal to the audience (or why they do not).

· Explain how the strategies accomplish (or do not) the purpose of the author(s).

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