Analyze your article rhetorically, using principles discussed in Chapter 6. Use the list “Composing a Rhetorical Analysis: Reading a Viewing Carefully” on p. 99 (pages 100-112 go into more details) to get ideas; however, your analysis will not address every question. Focus on the major features of the article. Determine how the argument succeeds, fails, or does something else entirely. This could be the thesis/claim of your argument. (Perhaps you can show that the author is unusually successful in connecting with the readers, but then provides no sound reasoning behind his position or commits logical fallacies. Or perhaps you discover that the strong logical appeal is undercut by contradictory emotional arguments.) Be sure to review the example article and example rhetorical analysis on pages 114-121 and the other samples provided to you.
