1,050-1,400 words (4-5 full pages, not including Works Cited)

“Identify and analyze rhetorical and organizational strategies from a variety of texts and employ appropriate strategies to compose thesis-driven essays.”

Introduction (1 paragraph)

1. Get the reader’s attention.
2. Identify the speaker’s probable audience.
3. Summarize the speaker’s argument.
4. In your thesis statement, identify (1) the rhetorical strategies you think the speaker uses to try and convince the audience and (2) your opinion about how effective these strategies are.

Body (3-4 body paragraphs)

Include the following in each body paragraph: I need two qoutes from the articles for each body

Topic Sentence: State a topic sentence in each body paragraph and identify a rhetorical strategy (persuasive technique) that you think the speaker uses to try and convince the audience.

1. Examples: Draw examples from the articles that illustrate the rhetorical strategy (persuasive technique) you stated in your topic sentence. Refer to the transcript.
2. Analysis: Explain the intended effect of the rhetorical strategy. Use these questions to help you develop the analysis:

• • Do you think the speaker intended for the rhetorical strategy to appeal to the reader’s interests, senses, emotions, values or logic?
  • How might the rhetorical strategy affect the audience’s interest level, senses, emotions, values or logic? And why might the strategy make the audience react this way?
  • How might the rhetorical strategy get the audience to agree with the speaker’s thesis?
  • How might the reader’s opinions or behavior change as a result of this rhetorical strategy?

1. Evaluation: You are not required to, but you may add evaluation to your body paragraphs and explain weaknesses with the rhetorical strategy.

Conclusion (1 paragraph)

1. Summarize your position.
2. Also, you could offer recommendations for alternative ways the speaker could have developed the argument in order to convince the audience more.