What to do. For this project, you will select a text that you want to work with to analyze. This
text could include any of the following: a song, a music video, a film, an episode of a TV show,
an episode of a podcast, a TED Talk, a play or musical, a documentary, a speech, an essay, or an
article that appeals to you. In your project, you will examine the text carefully and analyze how
the parts of the text work together to convey important meanings, effects, and/or impressions.
You must incorporate at least 2-3 additional source(s) to support your analysis.
The purpose. You will need to clearly express and support your analysis of the text you have
selected. In rhetorically analyzing this text, you will analyze how the text has clear examples of
ethos, pathos, and logos and the effectiveness of each. You must clearly state the terms ethos,
pathos, and logos and provide clear examples/evidence from the text of each of these three
rhetorical appeals. In your analyzing of the text, you will explain why it is important to both
you (why you chose this text) and why it should be important to your audience (the “so what”
factor – why your audience should care that you chose this text/why you feel this text is
important, given the evidence included throughout your analysis).
Not the purpose. Your essay should not merely summarize or list the elements of the text you
will examine. Your essay should not simply describe the text. You should not just re-tell
everything that happens in the text.
Audience. Write this analysis for people who are not familiar with your text. Consider that your
audience has never engaged with the text you have chose. You will need to find a way to
familiarize your audience with the text and the parts of the text you will focus on. You will need
to give some summary/background information to better familiarize your audience with the text
before you analyze it.
Length/Format. Your project should be typed, double-spaced, with one-inch margins, in Times
New Roman, 12 point font, in proper MLA formatting. Your polished draft should be around 5
full, double-spaced pages plus a Works Cited page.
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