Write a Rhetorical Essay about an article by Graham C.L. Davey’s “10 Tips for Managing Your Anxiety”
An introduction with a thesis of your own which asserts your assessment of how effective the author’s rhetoric is in the text.
An accurate identification of the text’s rhetorical context, including its purpose, genre, and intended audience.
An accurate identification of the text’s publication context, including the periodical it was originally published in and the original date of publication.
A brief discussion of what the publication context reveals about the intended audience’s possible ideology, biases, age, and political orientation.
An identification and evaluation of specific types of evidence in the essay.
A discussion about how the author’s use of evidence supports or detracts from his purpose.
An analysis of how the text uses reasoning to achieve its purpose, with correct language from the Approaching Critical Thinking module.
Identification, analysis, and evaluation of pathos, ethos, and logos appeals.
Identification, analysis, and evaluation of rhetorical modes the author employs in the text.
Analysis of the essay’s organization.
A discussion of the author’s writing style (This does not refer to content or topics. Look instead for aspects that make his writing his own, such as the level of diction, length of paragraphs/sentences, or features of his prose that characterize his voice).
Analysis of the author’s tone (Is it serious? Funny? Playful? Foreboding? Emotionless? What words lead you to this assessment of his tone, and how do they establish the tone?).
Correct in-text citation, consistent attribution with rhetorically accurate verbs (see Rhetorical Purposes), and a works cited page.An introduction with a thesis of your own which asserts your assessment of how effective the author’s rhetoric is in the text.
An accurate identification of the text’s rhetorical context, including its purpose, genre, and intended audience.
An accurate identification of the text’s publication context, including the periodical it was originally published in and the original date of publication.
A brief discussion of what the publication context reveals about the intended audience’s possible ideology, biases, age, and political orientation.
An identification and evaluation of specific types of evidence in the essay.
A discussion about how the author’s use of evidence supports or detracts from his purpose.
An analysis of how the text uses reasoning to achieve its purpose, with correct language from the Approaching Critical Thinking module.
Identification, analysis, and evaluation of pathos, ethos, and logos appeals.
Identification, analysis, and evaluation of rhetorical modes the author employs in the text.
Analysis of the essay’s organization.
A discussion of the author’s writing style (This does not refer to content or topics. Look instead for aspects that make his writing his own, such as the level of diction, length of paragraphs/sentences, or features of his prose that characterize his voice).
Analysis of the author’s tone (Is it serious? Funny? Playful? Foreboding? Emotionless? What words lead you to this assessment of his tone, and how do they establish the tone?).
Correct in-text citation, consistent attribution with rhetorically accurate verbs (see Rhetorical Purposes), and a works cited page.An introduction with a thesis of your own which asserts your assessment of how effective the author’s rhetoric is in the text.
An accurate identification of the text’s rhetorical context, including its purpose, genre, and intended audience.
An accurate identification of the text’s publication context, including the periodical it was originally published in and the original date of publication.
A brief discussion of what the publication context reveals about the intended audience’s possible ideology, biases, age, and political orientation.
An identification and evaluation of specific types of evidence in the essay.
A discussion about how the author’s use of evidence supports or detracts from his purpose.
An analysis of how the text uses reasoning to achieve its purpose, with correct language from the Approaching Critical Thinking module.
Identification, analysis, and evaluation of pathos, ethos, and logos appeals.
Identification, analysis, and evaluation of rhetorical modes the author employs in the text.
Analysis of the essay’s organization.
A discussion of the author’s writing style (This does not refer to content or topics. Look instead for aspects that make his writing his own, such as the level of diction, length of paragraphs/sentences, or features of his prose that characterize his voice).
Analysis of the author’s tone (Is it serious? Funny? Playful? Foreboding? Emotionless? What words lead you to this assessment of his tone, and how do they establish the tone?).
