Reference no: EM133383536
Question: You are responsible for finding an opinion editorial and making it available to me. You may use one of the opinion editorials found on the link on Canvas, or you can choose any other one you would like. Please submit a link to the op ed when you turn in the rough draft and the final draft of the essay.
Essay: What appeals (Ethos, Pathos, Logos) are used in the opinion editorial? Your task is to consider the text's rhetorical situation and demonstrate an accurate reading of the claim, the main supports, and the appeals used in that argument.
You should give a brief overview of the text but focus your essay on showing an understanding of the argument being made and how it is supported. You will need to identify any appeals that are being used as support to the claim. This paper is not simply a summary of an argument. It is an analysis of the argument put forth by the text.
Structure:
The essay should follow an academic structure with an introduction and thesis, body paragraphs, and conclusion. The body paragraphs should bring in significant details from the text as evidence to support the paragraph. The goal is to show an understanding of how the op ed uses rhetorical appeals to support its claim. Here are some questions that might help you think about the rhetorical situation:
• What is the argument?
• Who is the audience?
• What contextual elements influenced the production of the text?
• What appeal(s) does the author employ to persuade the audience?
• In what ways are these appeals significant?
• Are there other elements that clearly lend support to the claim?
• In what ways are these significant?
• How do the appeals or other elements build to support the claim?