Question-Asking Strategies – Compare/Contrast Rhetorical Analysis Essay Assignment
Instructions:
First:
Carefully read your chosen articles again.
Then:
Answer the following “Question-Asking Strategies for Writing a Rhetorical Critique.”
Your answers should be stand-alone paragraphs that could be used in your essay, depending on the rhetorical features you plan to discuss according to your thesis.
In five to six sentences describe the intended audience and purpose of the author/articles.
How does the author’s own angle of vision shape his or her perspective?
Describe how the authors’ word choices use the rhetorical appeal of pathos to appeal to the audience.
Describe the authors’ appeal to ethos. How well does the author persuade readers that he or she is knowledgeable, reliable, credible, and trustworthy?
Write a paragraph describing how the author has (or has not) created a reasonable, logically structured argument – logos? Paraphrase some of his or her reasons.
Write a paragraph describing how the authors’ language choices, sentence length and complexity support their claims.
What evidence does the author employ to support these ideas?
NOTE: examples from the text must be cited: summary, paraphrasing, and quoting in proper MLA citations, both in-text and on a Works Cited List.
Do this process for each article
Link to articles :
Article 1- https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/be-young-and-black-america-always-considered-threat/
Article 2- https://www.bustle.com/articles/25366-i-am-a-17-year-old-muslim-and-this-is-what-islamophobia-feels-like-to-me