Rhetorical Analysis Essay

For this assignment, you will be given a choice of analyzing the rhetorical strategies in one of the three essays we read for WA2 Writing a Summary-Response. In general, you are being asked to analyze how the strategies of the writer support his/her larger purpose, and whether these strategies are successful given the audience he/she is addressing. When attempting to rhetorically analyze an essay, you must pay close attention to three things:

• Context (the position the writer is writing from)
• Purpose (the intention of the essay/why it was written), and
• Audience (who the viewers/readers are)

Thus, your rhetorical analysis should demonstrate how a text does or doesn't fulfill its purpose given the audience, context, and larger purpose. The audience for your essay will be me and your classmates and requires academic writing and formatting.