assignments, compose a rhetorical analysis of a text (article/essay)
The text can be on any topic but it must be one continuous piece at least 3 full pages excluding any graphics that accompany the text and it must be written by an author whose credentials you can verify. The text may not be an interview. Your MLA-formatted paper of at least 1000 words (ca. 3 pages excluding the work-cited entry for the text) will explain the rhetorical techniques that the author of the text has used to target his or her primary audience.
Rhetorical Analysis
The rhetorical analysis for our class is the close reading of a text to figure out exactly how it functions; in other words, you analyze how the components of an argument work together to persuade its intended audience.
A rhetorical analysis is NOT a summary. It rather breaks down a text to show how the author constructed it and why the author made his or her specific rhetorical analysis
