Essay 2: Rhetorical Analysis (15 points) Context: The last assignment required you to write a story and then to examine its purpose, meaning, cultural significance, and ?how ?the work achieved its purpose. Similarly, this next paper requires you to consider further how rhetorical choices affect the audience and their interpretation of a text. Assignment: Complete one of the options listed below

1) Write an essay in which you compare/contrast the rhetoric used in “Japan’s Nuclear Nightmare: How the Bomb Became a Beast Called Godzilla” and “Monsters and the Moral Imagination.” Then, determine how rhetorical choices influence readers’ understanding of the message.

2) Write an essay in which you compare/contrast the rhetoric used to portray werewolves and vampires in the films, ?Hotel Transylvania ?and ?Twilight?. Then,? ?determine how rhetorical choices influence viewers’ understanding of the message.

Whichever option you choose, you must be able to explain what the authors’ or producers’ messages are, how rhetoric is used to make the message clear, who the target audience is, and how the rhetoric used directs your attention towards what is important in the work. Requirements:

? MLA Formatted page settings, in-text citations, and a Works Cited page ? Identify 3-4 ?specific? rhetorical choices from each source ? Incorporate examples from each source ? Think deeply about what their message and methods say about society today