Argument Evaluation

Essay 1 Assignment Essay #1: Argument EvaluationAssignment: Analyze a recent, written public argument; the argument should have a purpose to convince or persuade, and it must be published within June or July 2020. You can find such arguments in the opinion pages of newspapers, on sports or entertainment websites, in professional journals or blogs, etc. You must be able to provide me with a document copy of the article you are analyzing (copy/paste article to Word).Your essay should be in MLA format and include a Works Cited page. In your citation, be sure to provide the URL of the article you are analyzing. Your paper will be 4-6 full pages in length (the MLA heading and the Work Cited page do not count toward the min./max. length).Process: You should assume most of your audience (adult, diverse, college-educated) has not read the argument you are analyzing. That means you’ll need to begin your essay by capturing the audience’s attention and describing where the argument appeared, when it was published, who wrote it, and what it is called. You will need to accurately summarize the author’s central claims/purpose and provide your thesis for the analysis (judgment and reasons).The rest of the essay should be devoted to analyzing how the author makes his or her argument, whether or not he or she is successful, and why that matters. Don’t just identify or summarize the author’s techniques—evaluate them in context. Your job is to show how the writer’s rhetorical choices contribute to, or detract from, the overall quality of the piece.Elements you need to examine:Rhetorical SituationAristotelian AppealsYou are welcome to incorporate additional criteria, but always follow your examination of the rhetorical elements with a final question—and how does this affect the argument’s quality? Your analysis will be an argument itself—you are arguing whether or not the author’s rhetoric is successful.To make your own argument successful, show the evidence and reasoning that support your claims. That means paraphrasing and quoting specific moves (evidence) and explaining why and how those passages affect the audience (reasoning). Make sure you strive for a nuanced argument by considering varied reactions from the audience(s). Also, consider layers of meaning (explicit and implicit) and variety within the rhetorical appeals (attend to the range of moves covered in our class). Finally, don’t forget to anticipate objections to your argument. Refer to Canvas resources, lecture, and your course reading for additional tips and expectations.Essay 1 Article Selection.mp4Play media comment.(Note: ignore dates in this video–see correct dates in directions above).View other tabs in this module for a grading guide and other resources. If you aren’t sure where to search for public arguments, I recommend browsing opinion headlines. Below, I’m linking the New York Times, LA Times, OregonLive, Chicago Tribune, etc. as examples: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html (Links to an external site.)http://www.latimes.com/opinion/ (Links to an external site.)http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/#/0 (Links to an external site.)http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ (Links to an external site.)https://www.usatoday.com/opinion/ (Links to an external site.)https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/?utm_term=.755dc189d83d (Links to an external site.)http://op-ed.alltop.com/ (Links to an external site.)Remember, you are more likely to find arguments to convince or persuade in the opinion pages rather than the news sections (arguments to inform).