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Style: MLANumber of pages: 2Number of sources: 3Rhetorical Analysis Argument Outline Introduction: Introduce the author and the work, briefly provide a one-two sentence summary of the work, and then provide a thesis statement that includes how effective or not effective this work is to an audience. Example of a poor thesis: Martin Luther King, Jr. consistently uses rhetorical appeals to persuade the audience. Example of a better thesis: In “A Letter from Birmingham Jail, “Martin Luther King, Jr. consistently uses ethos and pathos to persuade the audience. Example of a stronger thesis: In “A Letter from Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King, Jr. consistently uses two rhetorical appeals, ethos and pathos, to persuade the audience that nonviolence is a key component toward positive reform. Section I: Audience, Purpose, and Context In this section, consider the following questions: Who is the intended audience? Is it made known in the work? What is the purpose of the text or documentary? To inform? Argue? Analyze? To argue and analyze? Does the author achieve the goal according to that purpose? What is the context? Is it political, social, cultural, religious, or economic? What makes “it” this way? Does the author achieve the goal of the text according to the context? Be able to provide examples from the text to support your ideas. Key nerdy words to use in this section: context, purpose, audience, perspective, circumstance, background, environment, etc. . . . . Section II: Claim and Evidence In this section, consider the following questions: What is the overall message? What is the author trying to say or what issues is he/she addressing? What claims does the writer use? Are they convincing? What other evidence could the writer use to make a stronger claim? What kind of evidence does the author use? Is some evidence more convincing to you than other kinds? Which ones? Which examples from the text represent strong evidence to support the author’s claims? Which examples from the text represent weak evidence? Why is the evidence weak or strong? Explain your reasoning. In this section, you may integrate your second source who agrees with you about the effectiveness of the message and/or evidence. Key nerdy words to use in this section: claim, position, persuasion, assertion, contention, statistical evidence, hypothetical evidence, assumptions, etc. . . . Section III: Logos, Ethos, and Pathos What are the appeals of the text? Is the text heavy in pathos, ethos, or logos? Does a balance exist? Does the author achieve his/her goal in using logos, ethos, and pathos? Provide examples from the text or documentary film to support your opinions. In this section, you may integrate a source that deals with the biographical information of the author or speaker (ethos). Also, consult the handout, Terminology for Logos, Ethos, and Pathos, when working on this section. Key nerdy words to use in this section: appeal, rhetorical (persuasion), strategy, technique, plea, emotion, logical, reasonable, character, logical fallacies, credibility, etc. . . . Conclusion: Final Evaluation of the Text or Documentary Film Summarize your main points and offer some advice on how the author’s work could be more effective. In other words, make recommendations. Finally, your last sentence could be a quotation or a rhetorical question to make the reader think, although there are other methods to conclude your work.
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