Cuyamaca Community College Karl Iagnemma Rhetorical Analysis Essay

The essay I chose for you to write about: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/01/why-we-have…

In the introduction to the essay, you need to develop the idea that not all essays are created equally and that some are strong while others are weak. The thesis for this essay will identify the author and the title of the essay being analyzed; it will also offer the opinion that the essay is effective or ineffective (remember that this decision is based on the essay’s merits and proper use of rhetorical features, not whether or not you agree with the topic). You can admit that an essay is well-written without agreeing with its stance.

The body paragraphs should mirror the essay being analyzed as much as possible; thus, if one were to look at the title, motivator and thesis, it should all be done in the first body paragraph since this material is found at the beginning of the essay. Be sure to offer pieces/sentences from the source essay in the essay in order to prove claims. For instance, if students want to state that the thesis is solid due to its use of qualifiers, then go ahead and put the thesis into the essay so that the reader can also see the qualifiers.

Insofar as generating material in the body paragraphs, examine the rhetorical features. For example, is the thesis qualified and clear? Does the title relate appropriately to the essay? Is there a hook in the motivator that makes the reader want to continue? What type of evidence (facts, examples, testimonials, statistics) is offered, and does it prove the claim in the thesis? Would a different type of evidence have worked better? Does the author acknowledge the opposition? Does he’she offer a refutation or concession? What type of appeal (logical, emotional, ethical) does the author use? Should he/she have used something else? Are there fallacies? If so, label them and include them in the essay.

In the conclusion, students need to reiterate why the chosen essay was so in/effective and why.

The following list offers the rhetorical features that comprise an argumentative essay:

Title

Motivator

Thesis

Evidence

Opposition

Appeals

Fallacies (good essays will not use these flawed statements)

Organization

Tone (author’s attitude toward topic–look at word choices)

Style (sentence and paragraph lengths, words)

Voice (sense that the writer is a real person)

Conclusion.

It is not necessary that students analyze all of the above-referenced components; select those that seem most relevant to the essay under analysis. However, all analyses must cover the thesis, evidence, and opposition.

1. Thesis Statement: Identify the author and essay title and claim that it is an effective or ineffective essay.
2. Offer material from the chosen essay in analysis to best prove claims.
3. Offer clear, fully-developed body paragraphs, making sure that the analysis is compelling.
4. Use the essay that you are analyzing as evidence for your claims.
5. Rhetorical Analysis, you must include analysis of thesis, evidence, and opposition.
6. Make use of transitions (attached Below)
7. Ensure that all borrowed material, quotes and summaries, from the source essays or outside sources is parenthetically cited to avoid plagiarism.
8. Offer bibliographic citations for any material you choose to use (it is not required that you use any) in the Works Cited at the end of the paper.
9. Write 800+ words.

I have attatched all the info that you need to know about it seems a lot, but it’s not I like to be detailed. Make sure it’s 800+ words and PLEASE following all the directions I asked about. Plagiarism free and MLA format.