The final exam is a rhetorical analysis essay. The first step in preparing this assignment is to select an argument to analyze. That argument can be the text of a speech, a literary work, a song, a written argument or a print advertisement (which must contain text) that uses argument techniques. The item you select for the rhetorical analysis must originate after 2000.
Using the techniques delineated in the chapter 4 of the Practical Argument textbook, construct a 400-word rhetorical analysis essay. Your analysis essays must include the following perspectives as key components. These 5 perspectives are part of the grade criteria.
Author (creator, writer)
Context
Audience
Argument (types of evidence)
Use of language
The checklist on page 117 of the textbook includes helpful questions for your essays. You need at least 3 sources for this essay. Make sure to include an original title and use MLA 8th edition guidelines.
We will discuss Practical Argument chapter 4 in extensive detail along with Steve Job’s 2005 Stanford University commencement address and Amanda Gorman’s 2020 Biden-inauguration poem “The Hill We Climb.” Neither Jobs’ speech nor Gorman’s poem can be the subject of your analysis essays.
The learning objectives for this assignment are to demonstrate an understanding of rhetorical analyses and an ability to critique and analyze an argument. The related marketable skills follow below:
• Edit and finalize communications that demonstrate effective style, diction, sentence structure, and grammar.
• Analyze data critically to reach sound conclusions. Use logic and reasoning to identify complex problems, review related information, evaluate options, identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, and develop and implement solutions.
• Communicate effectively and professionally.
