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1. Identify and explain the role rhetorical appeals and the rhetorical triangle can play in non-fiction print and/or multimodal texts.
4. Locate, accurately cite (through summary, paraphrasing, and quoting) and critically evaluate primary and secondary sources.
5. Demonstrate knowledge of writing as a process, including consideration of peer and/or instructor feedback, in one or more pieces of writing from initial draft to final revision.
For this 1000-1250-word assignment, choose two argumentative pieces of rhetoric relevant to your research question. One source should be a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal article and one source should be a long-form magazine article (e.g. an article published in the Atlantic or a New York Times editorial). Analyze how well their components work together to persuade or move their audiences.
Rather than engaging heavily with the content of the chosen pieces, this assignment asks you to focus on how the authors are making the arguments.
To successfully complete this task, use the following questions as your guidance:
Think about the rhetorical situation of the articles: What is the rhetorical situation of each piece? Where is it published? What audiences are addressed?
Think about the argument in each piece: Are the arguments timely and exigent? What rhetorical appeals are used (ethos, logos, and pathos)?
After considering these questions, compose a thesis-based argument in which you discuss how the authors make the arguments and whether they are persuasive/effective for the audience(s) you have identified.
Double spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins on all sides. Save the file as your last name and the assignment title (i.e. McDuffieReflection.docx) and submit as a Word file.
