I: Introduction/Beginning

Try using an epigram to introduce theme and tone.Your introduction should include the following:

1. Present the general topic, including general information about the two sides of the issue.

2. Establish context by presenting the author, title, publication and full date.

3. Identify the author’s thesis.(Use a quote is possible to clarify his thesis.)

4. State your thesis.This is also called making a clear purpose statement or signaling

your project or focus.Here is a sample thesis:

An analysis of (the author)’s essay will identify and detail his purpose, goal,

audience, and three rhetorical strategies to evaluate the article’s effectiveness.

Feel free to use this in your essay.

II:Body Paragraphs/Middle

All paragraphs should include a topic sentence.Assume your audience is unfamiliar with rhetorical analysis and the text; explain what the author is doing, but emphasize analysis.Be sure to identify and detail/analyze the following parts.

A. Detail the author’s purpose and goal (see the PACES ½ sheet).Be sure to also identify the author’s audience; this should come after you present his goal since goal focuses on what the author wants his audience to do.Be sure to include the citation for where you got this info and include it on your Works Cited page.

B. This part is where you will focus on the first strategy.

1) In the topic sentence for this paragraph, identify the first strategy.Provide a definition and information about this strategy’s general use (see “Introduction to Rhetorical Strategies” AND include the in-text citation).State where it occurs in the article and what point (or claim) the author is trying to make at that place.Explain HOW the author sets up the strategy.Explain WHY you think the author uses this strategy in this specific place.What purpose does it accomplish?Does it function to support the claim or enhance the evidence?

2) In another paragraph, here’s where you will analyze and evaluate the effective of the strategy.For example, there MAY be a specific kind of appeal that strategy evokes in the reader.If so, clearly identify that appeal.If it is logos or pathos, then what KIND of logos or pathos is it?(If you say an emotional appeal, then you MUST state what KIND of emotion.)Not all strategies will evoke an appeal; do NOT force this connection.For your evaluation of the strategy, also consider the strategy’s strength and overall effectiveness on readers in general like you.How do you respond to this strategy?Why do you think your response is different or the same as readers in 2008? Remember, you are making a claim about this strategy, so be sure to make references to the article to support and/or illustrate each point you make.

For this paper you will need three examples of this strategy.

C. Here’s where you will focus on the second strategy.

1) In the topic sentence for this paragraph, identify the second strategy. Provide a definition and information about this strategy’s general use (see “Introduction to Rhetorical Strategies” AND include the in-text citation).State where it occurs in the article and what point (or claim) the author is trying to make at that place.Explain HOW the author sets up the strategy.Explain WHY you think the author uses this strategy in that specific place.What purpose does it accomplish?Does it function to support the claim or enhance the evidence?

2) In another paragraph, here’s where you will analyze and evaluate the effective of the strategy.For example, there MAY be a specific kind of appeal that strategy evokes in the reader.If so, clearly identify that appeal.If it is logos or pathos, then what KIND of logos or pathos is it?(If you say an emotional appeal, then you MUST state what KIND of emotion.)Not all strategies will evoke an appeal; do NOT force this connection.For your evaluation of the strategy, also consider the strategy’s strength and overall effectiveness on readers in general like you.How do you respond to this strategy?Why do you think your response is different or the same as readers in 2008? Remember, you are making a claim about this strategy, so be sure to make references to the article to support and/or illustrate each point you make.

For this paper you will need three examples for this strategy.

D. Here’s where you will focus on the third strategy.

1) In the topic sentence for this paragraph, identify the third strategy.Provide a definition and information about this strategy’s general use (see “Introduction to Rhetorical Strategies” AND include the in-text citation).State where it occurs in the article and what point (or claim) the author is trying to make at that place.Explain HOW the author sets up the strategy.Explain WHY you think the author uses this strategy in that specific place.What purpose does it accomplish?Does it function to support the claim or enhance the evidence?

2) In another paragraph, here’s where you will analyze and evaluate the effective of the strategy.For example, there MAY be a specific kind of appeal that strategy evokes in the reader.If so, clearly identify that appeal.If it is logos or pathos, then what KIND of logos or pathos is it?(If you say an emotional appeal, then you MUST state what KIND of emotion.)Not all strategies will evoke an appeal; do NOT force this connection.For your evaluation of the strategy, also consider the strategy’s strength and overall effectiveness on readers in general like you.How do you respond to this strategy?Why do you think your response is different or the same as readers in 2008? Remember, you are making a claim about this strategy, so be sure to make references to the article to support and/or illustrate each point you make.

For this paper you will need three examples for this strategy.

III:Conclusion

∗ If using a framing device (like an epigram or a vignette in your introduction), signal your

conclusion with it.This is how to use a vignette or epigram as one kind of framing device.

∗ Wrap it up and end with a bang.