4 pages rethorical essay

English 111

Rhetorical Analysis Assignment (15% of final course grade)

Using the rhetorical concepts and terms discussed in class and in the textbook, you will perform a comprehensive analysis of a text selected from provided options. The goal of this assignment is to develop analytic skills and translate your findings into a thoughtful, polished argument about how this text is constructed to influence its target audience(s).

This process asks you to:

· Describe and analyze a brief text using the basic concepts of rhetorical analysis.

· Develop an argument about how the text is designed to work rhetorically, on whom, and to what end.

· Provide specific evidence from the text to support all claims about rhetorical strategies employed.

· Organize analysis logically; provide interesting introduction and "so what?" conclusion.

· Deliver the product as a polished, conventionally formatted critical essay.

The final 4-page essay, formatted according to standard academic conventions, will have an engaging introduction, a clear argument (not summary) about how the text works, multiple supporting claims, detailed evidence from the text, and a thoughtful conclusion that leaves the audience thinking about the broader implications of the issues raised.

Please see the corresponding rubric for further information about evaluative criteria.