english hw for john mureithi

Rhetorical Analysis Questions

1. What’s the overall argument/point of the essay?

2. Who is the essay’s target audience? How do we know?

3. Find places in the essay where the author is using pathos, ethos, and logos

appeals. Things to consider:

a. How effectively the writer use sound reasons/reasoning and reliable

evidence to advance their claims offered?

b. How effectively does the writer establish himself or herself as honest,

wise, trustworthy, credible?

c. How effectively do the emotions raised advance the claims offered?

d. Who published this article? How does that affect the author’s ethos?

4. Characterize the tone of the essay (the mood or the feeling of the essay). Find

specific examples of places where the author carefully chose his words to help

establish the tone of the essay.

5. Does the essay rely heavily on a particular appeal? How does this affect its

effectiveness?

6. Examine the image/s in the essay. Does it strengthen the essay’s overall power

and effectiveness? Why or why not?

7. Do you feel the author has crafted an effective essay? Why or why not?