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ENG 111 Writing and Inquiry
RHETORICAL ANALYSIS ESSAY
For this assignment, you will craft an essay that analyzes and evaluates two articles that discuss the same topic from different perspectives.
Your essay will examine the rhetorical context (author, audience, topic, purpose) as well as the strategies used to convey its message (diction, tone, style, supporting evidence, and rhetorical appeals: logos, ethos, and pathos).
Your ultimate task is to analyze how well the author reaches his or her intended audience by explaining and showing examples of the specific aspects above.
You have two options for how you approach this essay.
OPTION A
Choose a topic for which you can find two different articles that discuss opposing viewpoints of the topic: one article that discusses the “pro” side, the other discussing the “con” side. Evaluate which article is most effective by comparing how they use various rhetorical strategies.
OPTION B
Choose a topic and find two different genres of articles that discuss the same topic (news article, newspaper or magazine article, academic scholarly article, etc.) Determine what the reading audience would expect from each article you choose and compare how well the articles meet readers’ expectations using evidence of rhetorical strategies for support.
Please note, your task is not to argue which side you personally agree with; your task is to examine the effectiveness of each article based upon how it was written to an audience. Also, your task is not to summarize the articles, but to analyze them.
Assignment Guidelines
1. Your essay must follow a formal essay structure, to include an introduction with a detailed thesis, focused body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
2. Your essay must be two to three (2-3) pages in MLA format with an additional Works Cited page to document your two sources.
Within your paper, you should smoothly integrate quotes and references to the articles with proper in-text citations. These citations must correspond to the Works Cited page.
