select a scholarly article from the Hunt Library on a subject that interests you.

Write an essay, of approximately 450 – 500 words, in which you:

Identify the elements of the rhetorical situation – introduction (1st paragraph of essay)
• Article title and author(s) – provide the link to the article
• Topic – the subject
• Audience – the readers (both primary and secondary audience)
• Purpose – the reason for writing (informative or persuasive)
• Thesis statement – a claim about the overall effectiveness of the text

Summarize the article – body (2nd paragraph of essay)

• Summary – the thesis and major supporting points
• Objective tone – do not insert your own opinion or evaluation

Select 3-4 rhetorical strategies from the text – body (3rd and 4th paragraphs of essay)
• Form (organization and format)
• Style (sentence design, word choice, and use of figurative language)
• Types of evidence/support (facts, quotes, statistics, case studies, etc.)
• Appeal to logos (logic)
• Appeal to ethos (credibility)
• Appeal to pathos (emotions)

Analyze those strategies
• Identify each of the selected strategies.
• Give an example from the text for each selected strategy.

Evaluate the effectiveness of these strategies – conclusion (5th paragraph)
• Explain why the strategies successfully appeal to the audience (or why they do not).
• Explain how the strategies accomplish (or do not) the purpose of the author(s).