Composing a Rhetorical Analysis
Read the section in Chapter 2 beginning on page 67 “Composing a Rhetorical Analysis”, then the passage beginning on page 69 as well as the following annotated student rhetorical analysis essay of the passage (72 -74).
Then, choose a source from your Annotated Bibliography to write a Rhetorical Analysis Essay about.
Be sure to include the following in your essay:
1) A summary of author’s argument (main claim and reason(s)).
2) Explain the situation (problem) to which the author is responding.
3) Discuss the author’s purpose. What does she want her readers to think or do?
4) Who is her audience? Who does she want to read her article?
5) Discuss the author’s use of appeal (logos, ethos, and/or pathos) for developing her argument and its effectiveness.
