Read and use John R. Puri’s “The Morality of Affirmative Action is Complicated: Its Legality. Less So11 E3» to write your Rhetorical Analysis essay.
A few reminders:
° The main goal with a rhetorical analysis is to interpret someone else’s argument (how do they get their message across? what rhetorical strategies do they use, and are these successful?)
o A rhetorical analysis is persuasive in that it is your job to provide textual evidence that proves that the argument you are analyzing is strong and credible, or weak and flawed.
° It requires you to assess the modes of persuasion that are used, and to identify weaknesses.
° These are the strategies that the author uses to get their message across in a persuasive way (use of ethos, pathos, logos, textual evidence, etc.)
° You MUST be thorough!
Your assignment is to write a 2-3 page long analysis in APA format that includes the following labeled sections (see lecture on writing a Rhetorical Analysis for further instruction on what to include for each section):
-Thesis
-Description
-Analysis
-Evaluation
Organization:
o Essay must be 2-3 pages long & in APA format ° Each of the 4 main sections must be labeled using a level 1 heading o Pages must be numbered
o A Reference page must be included. List the article that we are using for the assignment and include any additional references that you may have used to support your analysis
Point breakdown:
• Thesis (10)
• Description (10)
• Analysis (20)
• Evaluation (20)
• Reference Page (5)
• APA format & length requirement (10)

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