Writing English 1. CHOOSE 3 TED TALKS Choose your three favorite topics and put them in order of most favorite to least favorite. After receiving approval on your video, complete the following steps. STEPS: Watch the video and read the transcript. You may need to read and watch three or more times. Take notes as […]
Write a post of at least 350 words to identify which one relies most on pathos, which relies most on ethos, and which relies most on logos.
After reading the chapters on the lines of argument, look at the examples of film posters on the handouts page on our class site. Then write a post of 350 words (minimum) in which you identify which one relies most on logos, which relies most on pathos, and which relies most on ethos. Be sure […]
Is the PSA effective or ineffective at delivering its message? Take a clear stance.
You will analyze the following PSA: The Real Cost “Science Class” [link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKHq5WsASUM ] You may ONLY analyze the above PSA. You may not choose a different PSA. Your analysis will center on the following questions: • 1) Is the PSA effective or ineffective at delivering its message? Take a clear stance. • 2) Which […]
Write one full paragraph in which you identify the speaker’s audience and purpose and use specific examples to illustrate how you know that these are the speech’s actual audience and purpose.
https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm – Read and listen to the links above and then write 3 full paragraphs (5-7sentences). Write one full paragraph in which you identify the speaker’s audience and purpose and use specific examples to illustrate how you know that these are the speech’s actual audience and purpose. (A brief Google search might be helpful to […]
Using one of the images provided on Canvas, write a rhetorical analysis that evaluates how effective the advertisement is in selling its product.
Using one of the images provided on Canvas, write a rhetorical analysis that evaluates how effective the advertisement is in selling its product. Your thesis should be answering this question: Does the image successfully sell the product? If so, how? If not, why not? Note: You will probably come up with many reasons how the […]
Why community college students drop out and how we can help them stay enrolled?
Why community college students drop out and how we can help them stay enrolled. Write a 1500-word article about why community college students drop out of college and how we can help them stay enrolled using personal examples, information from classmates, and quotes from the texts we read in class (additional research is appreciated but […]
Explain why the strategies successfully appeal to the audience.
Writing Assignment Summary and Rhetorical Analysis Assignment: For this writing assignment, select a scholarly article from the Hunt Library on a subject that interests you. Write an essay, of approximately 450 – 500 words, in which you: Identify the elements of the rhetorical situation – introduction (1st paragraph of essay) Article title and author(s) […]
Using either block or alternating comparison/contrast structure, analyze ethos, logos, or pathos in two texts
Using either block or alternating comparison/contrast structure, analyze ethos, logos, OR pathos (only analyze one!) in two texts: please choose among any of the essays in the book. Book = Everyone’ an Author (only book with essays in it) Essay = shorter, individual text written by its own author (not the editors, whose names are […]
What kind of emotional reaction(s) is Brown trying to get from her audience?
Focus on the rhetorical concepts: ethos, pathos, logos, and Kairos, from “Issue 1: Why Rhetoric?” in Understanding Rhetoric (pp. 37) as well as the essay “How My Life Changed in One Sentence,” by Harriet Brown. 1. What kind of emotional reaction(s) is Brown trying to get from her audience? Cite examples from the text. 2. […]
Using one of the images provided on Canvas, write a rhetorical analysis that evaluates how effective the advertisement is in selling its product.
Assignment: Using one of the images provided on Canvas, write a rhetorical analysis that evaluates how effective the advertisement is in selling its product. Your thesis should be answering this question: Does the image successfully sell the product? If so, how? If not, why not? Note: You will probably come up with many reasons how […]