Engl 255, Rhetorical analysis

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Writing a rhetorical essay.Do one of the following:Choose a non-fiction essay (with a sufficiently substantial basis for a meaningful analysis) from the textbook. Please choose an essay you have not worked on before. You should also not choose an essay that has been used in one of the textbook's sample rhetorical analyses, like Sarah Schmidt's "College Girl to Call Girl," or Martin Luther King Jr's "The Ways of Meeting Oppression."Ask your tutor to recommend non-fiction articles (outside of the textbook) that might be appropriate choices for this assignment.Choose from this list of recently published articles:Your E-Book is Reading You by Alexandra Alter (The Wall Street Journal is accessible through the AU Journal library.) this reading will no longer be available after July 31, 2019The Death of Honesty by William DamonDaddy issues by Sandra Tsing Loh (This one is long but worth it.)The Vegan Carnivore? by Julian BagginiHow Much of the Internet is Fake: Turns Out, A Lot of It, Actually by Max ReadHow to Proceed with the Rhetorical AnalysisDecide on an approach to your essay. You can focus on either the content of the article or on its rhetorical methods and style (examining how the text persuades its readers).If you choose to focus on the content of an article, be careful to avoid the trap of stepping away from rhetorical analysis. The article has to be at the forefront of your discussion at all times.If you choose to focus on the articles rhetorical methods and style, visit the University of British Columbia Writers Workshop segment called Rhetorical Analysis: Critical WritingReview the guidelines provided to you in the textbooks chapters on critical and rhetorical analysis, as well as on the checklist below, but note this: In your analysis, you will report on the rhetorical techniques the writer uses to support his or her thesis. Your job is NOT to mark the essay or article, NOT to write a review of the essay or article, just to analyze its rhetoric.The key to a good rhetorical analysis is to discover and report on how the writer gets the message to the reader. Follow the FOUR Ds outlined below for every technique you choose to discuss.Discover the technique.Define the technique (as necessary). For help with this, Google Rhetorical Devices.Describe the writers use of the technique by including at least three examples (quotations) of each, making sure to integrate them properly.Discuss the writers probable motive for the technique and its impact on the reader.Decide how you are going to limit your analysis. Consider limiting your discussion to as little as one technique per body paragraph.Write a working thesis.Create an outline and consider speaking with your tutor to review your thesis and outline. We strongly encourage you to do so.Write your first draft.Create a Works Cited or References page, and as we have reminded you previously, do not guess, and do not use a software program. Just pay careful attention to detail, and ask your tutor for help as required.

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