GCCCD Covid 19 Rhetorical Strategies Dr Fouci Dr Slawi & Dr Tedros Adhanom Essay

The goal of your essay is to write an essay in which you will “analyze” the Rhetorical Strategies used by Anthony S. Fauci, Leader of U.S. vaccine Dr MONCEF SLAOUI, and The Director of the World Health Organization Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus who have addressed issues within Covid-19 virus using different rhetorical strategies. What kind of diction and language do they use? Is their writing or discourse directed at a highly educated or less educated audience? Do they rely on a formal or informal structure and tone? Do they include real-world people, events, stories, and examples to help connect with their audiences? What kinds of emotions do they illicit from their readers or viewers? How do they create and illicit these emotions?

In the conclusion, you should compare every writer/speaker with the two others using Comparison/Contrast strategy and classify who was the best one and then the second and third one and include evidence that show why he was the best .

The essay will be seven (7) pages long (Work Cited is not included )and observe the standard MLA guidelines. Also, because you will be doing research, you will need to include a Bibliography/Works Cited plus In-Text Citations to show your research sources. (8 pages Work Cited included)

You have to follow this pattern:

A-Intro includes:

1-Hook: it should be a very strong hook that will grab the reader.(“Hook,” first impression, establish high level of emotion and drama)

2- Topic Context: You will talk in general about Covid-19 and present some statistics and how the pandemic is affecting people’s life.

2.1 – Library Context: you will talk about the history of the writing or speaking about the Covid-19 Pandemic.Also, you will discuss writer/speaker’s articles and books about Covid-19.Also,you can mention the places where some public personalities (others than the three personalities mentioned above) have given their speeches and the reasons why?

3- Expositional Thesis: you will cite the three personalities(Fouci, Slawi and Dr Tedros ) that have discussed the topic and you may include their articles and books or the places where they have given their speeches.

B-Body: Sections with Sub-Headers to help divide the Body of the essay into smaller, manageable, logical units

1-Bio / background of Dr Fouci.

2- Language that Dr Fouci has used to convince his audience.

3- Composition (Dr Fouci)

4- Storytelling (Dr Fouci)

5-Bio / background of Dr Slawi.

6- Language that Dr Slawi has used to convince his audience.

7- Composition (Dr Slawi)

8- Storytelling (Dr Slawi)

9-Bio / background of Dr Adhanom.

10- Language that Dr Adhanom has used to convince his audience.

11- Composition (Dr Adhanom)

12- Storytelling (Dr Adhanom)

C-Conclusion :

1-You will summarize the writers overall writing style.

2- you will cite an argumentative thesis: who is the more effective writer/ speaker ? and why ?

that does more than provide simple summary, give your opinion (agree with those personalities), you might add some refutation. Add something new related to covid-19.

Requirements:

Writer creates a unique, intelligent Voice

___Paper is unified around one thesis and flows evenly and logically throughout

___ Analyze the advanced command of vocabulary and diction used by the writer/speaker

___ Analyze the advanced command of sentence variety and punctuation used by the writer/speaker

___ Analyze the advanced command of rhetorical strategies used by the writer/speaker

___Analyze the ability to create appropriate emotion and move the reader used by the writer/speaker

___Analyze the ability to create drama, tension, and suspense and “grip” the reader used by the writer/speaker

___Analyze the ability to provide examples, stories, and metaphors that “humanize” the arguments used by the writer/speaker

___Analyze the research and evidence which is extremely convincing used by the writer/speaker

___Paper should be (7) pages long (cover paper and work cited not included) and observe the standard MLA guidelines.

____You have to convince your audience of your analyze that the writer/speaker did a great job.

____ Analyze how the writer/speaker has used the entire article/ speech to prove his words, and how he used Diction and Tone.

____ Analyze how the writer/speaker has used Addition, Cause/Effect, Concession, Comparison/Contrast, Example, Place, Restatement, Sequence, Summary, Time.

___ Analyze how the writer/speaker has included Creating tension, emotion, and drama Ethos, logos, pathos Storytelling and the “entertainment factor” to convince his audience.

____You should compare every writer/speaker with the two others using Comparison/Contrast strategy.