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Make an outline for Essay #1 (use the outline template for help in the files) please review and read all files to help you the outline essay. The Rhetorical Analysis essay thesis statement file, Essay 1 directions file , Essay 1 Rhetorical Analysis POWERPOINT and Outline template will give you directions on how to do it the outline template. Read the article Thick of Tongue by John McWHORTER in textbook Everthing’s an argument with reading 9 Edition by Andrea A. Lunsford, John J. Ruszkiewicz and Keith Walters in the files and not online .Read the article thoroughly TWICE . read chapter 5 and 6 in the files. Read chapter 1 notes . if you have any question please let me know and not later thank you .
Essay #1 Rhetorical Analysis Outline
I. Introduction
a. Present the issue under discussion (give a quick background info about the issue before discussing the article.
b. Transition into the article; introduce the author and the article title. Give a very brief info about
the author (1-2 sentences).
c. Summarize the article (4-5 sentences)
d. Transition into your own thesis statement (see examples in files provided).
II. Analyze the authors’ Rhetorical Situation:
a. TELOS of the argument (purpose of the argument);
b. KAIROS of the argument (occasion: forensic, epideictic, or deliberative);
c. Identify the type of argument (definition, proposal, factual, cause-and-effect, etc.); d. Identify the intended audience;
III. Analyze the argument’s appeal to ETHOS
a. Identify ethos in the argument (provide specific examples, explain how they add to the ethos of the argument). Was the use of ethos effective?
IV. Analyze the argument’s appeal to LOGOS
a. Identify logos in the argument (provide specific examples and quotes, explain how they
add to the argument’s logos. Was the use of logos effective?
V. Analyze the argument’s appeal to PATHOS
a. Identify pathos in the article (specific examples and quotes, explain how they appeal to the
audience’s emotions. Was the use of pathos effective?
VI. Analyze FALLACIES (if any) – see chp.5 for help. a. emotional
b. logical c. ethical
VII. Language, style, organization
a. what type of language is employed?
b. what is the author’s tone and diction?
c. any figurative language (metaphors, personifications, etc.)? d. how is the article structured and organized?
e. What’s the effect of the above elements on the reader?
VIII.
a. Restate the main point of the article
b. Briefly summarize how the author’s rhetorical strategies impact the argument.
c. Conclude with the final judgement on the effectiveness of the argument overall (re-state your
thesis.
