essay

 Link for the article

http://dailysignal.com/2017/08/09/desperate-patients-shouldnt-need-permission-to-try-to-save-their-own-lives/

Here are the requirements for Essay 1:

AUDIENCE AND PURPOSE

• Who is your audience? Write your essay for a reader who is an educated adult who is not as familiar with the text you are analyzing as you are.
• What is your purpose? To analyze how a particular text works. Specifically, to analysis how an author or speaker appeals to either ethos, logos, or pathos to achieve his/her purpose with his/her target audience.

FORMAT

• How long should Essay 1 be? Essay 1 is made up of two paragraphs: a brief introductory paragraph and a thoroughly developed rhetorical analysis paragraph that follows the MEAL plan and other closed-form prose conventions. Generally, an effective MEAL plan paragraph for a rhetorical analysis will be 400-500 words long. The brief introductory paragraph can be accomplished in around 100 words, maybe more.
• How should you format your essay? For now, you only need to do this following:
  • Indent the first line of each paragraph
  • Use 11- to 12-point Times New Roman or Calibri font
  • Double-space between lines
  • Include a title that captures your main idea; center this title at the top of your essay

CONTENT

• What is required in the introductory paragraph?
  
  • Your opening paragraph should orient your readers to the who, what, where, when, and why of your text:
    
    • The text's title, author/speaker and credentials, publisher (if applicable) and any relevant info about the publisher, such as its political slant and its funder
      
    • The date published or delivered
    • The context surrounding the text: what event or circumstances prompted the text?
• What is required in the body paragraph?
  • Your body paragraph must meet these requirements and apply these skills and strategies:
    • Apply the MEAL Plan paragraphing strategy for effective development and structure
      • It must present one main idea that makes a claim about how the author/speaker appeals to either ethos, logos, or pathos
      • It must present at least three representative examples from the speech or article as supporting evidence for the main idea
      • It must make the case for each example through thorough and helpful analysis
    • Apply the the Old/New Contract strategy for effective organization
    • Properly quote examples as covered in Lesson 7