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In-Class Rhetorical Analysis (Exploded Paper)
Why I’m assigning this This assignment will cover the principles of the rhetorical triangle (as discussed in Section 2 of From College to Career) and will explore how authors utilize ethos, pathos, logos, and kairos to persuade audiences of their positions. You will exhibit your knowledge of how rhetoric works by discussing an article you’ll be assigned, determining who the audience is, and discussing how ethos, pathos and logos are being used to persuade the audience.Rather than write and research a paper over a series of weeks, you’ll assess an article you’re provided in what I’m calling an Exploded Paper format (after an exploded drawing, an illustration showing a piece of machinery’s component parts in an “exploded view.”) You’ll provide key sentences and observations that would go into the writing of the paper, without laboring over full paragraphs.From College to Career notes, “Analyzing any situation rhetorically means understanding the circumstances of that situation — as well as the ways in which those circumstances shape audience, purpose, and the communicator’s role in addressing things.” The ability to analyze a text rhetorically will help you in this class (as you research for future assignments) and in life (as you work through the many messages you encounter in your day-to-day existence).
The schedule1. Receive the assigned article in class on Dec. 7 and/or Dec. 14 at 9 a.m. You will receive an index card and will analyze the article (findable in the Resources section of Blackboard) that corresponds with your card color. MAKE SURE YOU ARE ANALYZING THE ARTICLE CORRESPONDING TO YOUR CARD COLOR AND NOT THE OTHER ONE. YOU WILL RECEIVE A ZERO IF YOU ANALYZE THE WRONG ONE, REGARDLESS OF PERFORMANCE.2. Submit the complete exploded paper as Rhetorical Analysis via Blackboard by 11:50 am on Dec. 7 and/or 14, and return your index card (with your name printed nearly on it) to Professor West before you leave the classroom.
What you’re responsible for 1. Your exploded paper will include a thesis about the article you’re analyzing that must include three key components: how effective it is, who it’s trying to reach, and which rhetorical elements are being employed. Example: By establishing a strong pathos based on their sympathy for disengaged students, and a strong ethos based on their personal research, Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine make a compelling case for New York Times readers for improving the high school curriculum.2. Your exploded paper will assess the audience by providing a series of sentences answering the prompts in the How to Do It section, based on information from the article and the supplemental audience info you’ll also be provided.3. Your Exploded Paper will include topic sentences covering ethos, pathos, and logos.4. Your Exploded Paper will include two examples of ethos, two examples of pathos and two examples of logos in the article you would use as evidence for whether or not the article is persuasive.5. Your Exploded Paper will include a complete bibliography.
How to do it
You will turn in these items, each of them clearly labeled with headers, in a single Word doc or PDF. Those will include:Your thesis statement (20 points): A single, thorough sentence that includes clauses covering how effective the article is, who it’s trying to reach, and which rhetorical elements are being employed. Your audience assessment (10 points): Two sections of one or more sentences each: One about the publication’s audience based on the supplemental materials you’ve been given, and one about the article’s specific audience based on its subject, the author’s tone and positioning with respect to the audience, and any other clues that might be presentYour topic sentences (30 points): You will include three topic sentences — one for ethos, one for pathos, and one for logos, with each assessing how important the rhetorical element is to the overall argument, summarizing the strategy the author’s using with that particular rhetorical elements (e.g., logos focused on the return of investment from a program, pathos based on the audience’s fear and anger around the article’s subject).Your evidence (30 points): You will include two pieces of evidence (either a direct quote or a paraphrase, with a signal phrase leading into the quote or paraphrase) for each of the three rhetorical elements, with clear labels indicating which two are for ethos, which two are for pathos, and which two are for logos. (For ethos, you can consider biographical information provided as a lead-in or an ending to the article by the publication.) Be sure to include a citation with each quote, per MLA style. Don’t just submit the quote; you need the signal phrase and citation for it to be considered complete. Your bibliography entry (10 points): You will create a complete bibliography for the entry, treating the article as coming directly from the publication’s website, using MLA style. You may use the Purdue OWL site’s MLA style guide for reference as you’re building your bibliography.You do not need to write an introduction or a conclusion. DO NOT write this as a start-to-finish paper. I’m only asking for specific elements formatted with headers. Please be mindful of that.
YOU MAY NOT USE ANY FORM OF AI TO ASSIST YOU IN DOING THIS IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENT. YOU WILL RECEIVE A 0 IF YOU DO SO.
Sources You must use the article you’re analyzing as a source, properly documented in the applicable sentences using MLA Style. You may also use the supplemental material, if needed.
Grading This exploded paper will be using the rubric categories detailed below.
Documentation PolicyAny paper with a missing citation or missing bibliography entry will receive a maximum grade of 80, and any paper with more than one missing citation or missing bibliography entry will receive a maximum grade of 70. Any paper without any signs of documentation (no citations and no bibliography) will receive a 0.
Heed these wordsRemember that you’re not writing a full paper, but rather, assembling the elements for a paper. You should still be mindful of all the parameters in the construction of your thesis statement and the sentences you’ll be asked to provide. (I’m not instituting word counts per se for the thesis and the other sentences, but a thesis statement that’s only 10 or 15 words long is certainly too short to cover all the facets of what I’m looking for your thesis to contain.)
Rubric scoring
Each rating will earn the writer the following percentage of points for the thesis statement, audience, and ethos, pathos, and logos topic sentence categories:Exemplary: 100Sufficient: 80Insufficient: 60Missing: 0The same ratings will earn the writer the following percentage of points for the ethos, pathos, and logos example and bibliography categories. (Providing only one rather than two pieces of ethos evidence, for example, will earn you an insufficient grade in that category. Providing two pieces of ethos evidence, for example, will earn you either an exemplary or sufficient grade in that category.
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