For this paper, you will evaluate the strength of an article based on an analysis of the article’s rhetorical strategies and its fallacies. First, indicate the overall argument of the article and identify the article’s target audience and purpose. Then, pick two important strategies used and explain how these strategies work in enticing the target audience. Lastly, pick two fallacies the author commits and explain their weaknesses in terms of the audience.
Structure:
1. Introduction and thesis
2. Breakdown of main argument, claims, evidence, audience, purpose
3. Analysis of one strategy
4. Analysis of one fallacy
5. Analysis of second strategy
6. Analysis of second fallacy
7. Conclusion
8. Works Cited