ENG1302 North Lake What You Lose When You Gain a Spouse Rhetorical Analysis
Question Description
Essay 1: Rhetorical Analysis & Response
Instructions for Essay 1: Rhetorical Analysis / Reader Response
You have already written two brief rhetorical analyses in this unit. For your major essay, you will write another rhetorical analysis, this time combined with a response or rebuttal.
Format: MLA paper format and documentation.
Sources: at least one source (the essay you are analyzing). Use of additional sources is encouraged but not required.
Length: Three pages, approx 800 1000 words
Due Date: Refer to the assignment calendar for this course.
First, read/view the texts that I have provided for you in the folder “Texts for Essay #1″ located just below these instructions. Choose one of these texts to be the subject of your analysis and response. You will notice that there are a variety of texts to choose from, including videos and hybrid written/spoken multimedia texts.
Approach your rhetorical analysis much like you have with the previous assignments in this unit. Identify elements such as audience, purpose and context as a means of understanding how the text communicates its main idea (also known as a thesis). Also identify and provide examples of the types of appeals used by the author, pathos, logos, ethos, etc.
The new element for this assignment is that you will be responding to the main idea or thesis of the text that you are analyzing. In other words, once you have established what the text’s thesis is and how it communicates that thesis, you will then need to add your own voice, ideas and opinions to the mix. Think of it as joining a conversation. Do you think the author of the original text is mistaken? Has he/she failed to consider some important point? Or do you agree with the author? Perhaps you can provide additional reasons, examples and evidence to support the thesis. Sometimes you can both agree and disagree with the author, but if you do so, be sure to clearly identify which portions you agree with and which you disagree with.
An outline of your essay might look like this:
Introduction
Identify the text, the author and the subject matter. Make sure your reader knows what you will be talking about in your analysis.
Rhetorical analysis
Analyze the rhetorical situation (audience, purpose, context, visual or spatial elements, auditory elements, etc.) Explain how these elements, along with the author’s use of logos, pathos, and ethos are used to persuade or convince the audience and evaluate the effectiveness of these elements. This section might be several paragraphs long.
Response
Respond to the author’s thesis by agreeing/disagreeing. Add your own ideas opinions and examples.
Conclusion
Wrap up the essay by restating your conclusions and position on the topic.
Texts for Essay #1: Rhetorical Analysis ( CHOOSE TOPIC)
Choose from the articles in this folder for essay #1.
Choose From the Texts Below
Note: It is important to understand that the readings below do not necessarily reflect the values or beliefs of your instructor or this institution. Instead, the selections are meant to offer a range of ideas and opinions, some of which you might strongly disagree with. Feel free to agree, disagree, support, oppose or challenge the ideas you encounter in these articles.
U.S. House of Representatives Hearings on Reparations
On June 19, 2019, the United States House of Representatives held a hearing on H.R. 40, a bill that would establish a commission to study reparations for descendants of slaves. Below are links to two testimonies to the judicial subcommittee. The first is by Ta-Nehisi Coats and the second is by Coleman Hughes, both of whom are African-American writers.If you chose this option for your rhetorical analysis, you will need to analyze both testimonies. Each one is quite brief. Compare and contrast the rhetorical strategies that each writer uses. Then, respond to the ideas and arguments with your own opinions.
Click here for Ta-Nehisi Coates’ TestimonyClick here for Coleman Hughes’ Testimony
What you Lose When You Gain a Spouse
Catron, Mandy Len. “What You Lose when You Gain a Spouse.” The Atlantic. July 2, 2019.
“Should Art That Infuriates Be Removed?”
Smith, Roberta. “Should Art That Infuriates Be Removed?” The New York Times. March 27, 2017.
Link
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Fortnite
Senior, Jennifer. “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Fortnite.” The New York Times. April 5, 2019
Click Here to read
An Imperfect Adversity Score Is Better Than Just Ignoring Adversity
Kahlenberg, Richard D. “An Imperfect Adversity Score Is Better Than Just Ignoring Adversity.” The Atlantic. May 25, 2019
Click here to read
The Real Victims of Victimhood
The Real Victims of Victimhood by Arthur C. Brooks, The New York Times, Dec 26, 2015
The Perpetual Panic of American Parenthood
Druckerman, Pamela. “The Perpetual Panic of American Parenthood.” The New
