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Contrastive-Comparative Rhetorical Analysis,

“Today in the News” (1,500-2,000 words) – Write a

contrastive-comparative rhetorical analysis, focusing on the

rhetorical situations of a US (e.g., The New York Times,

Washington Post) and a national newspaper from China. You will

compare the same news story in the two (or more) presses,

using the concepts of rhetoric and rhetorical situation to

explain the similarities and differences in the stories’ presentations. You may also

choose to compare other newspaper elements such as

comparing the two papers’ front pages, use of photography,

and so forth. When comparing texts, the

stories/headlines/graphics must be from the same day. Your

analysis should define and describe each paper’s rhetorical

situation and use of rhetoric, provide a summary of the

stories’ content, use L1 lexicon for stylistic effect, and provide

enough background information to contextualize the

documents for your readers.