Analyze and Explicate the Play using Rhetorical and Literary Devices based on an outline.

Primary Text: Max Shulman’s “Love is a Fallacy” Rhetorical Devices and Literary Devices are Critical Tools to Analyze and Explicate the Play Explication occurs when a writer attempts to clarify or bring meaning to a work of fiction; analysis takes place when writers study the creative process of establishing that meaning. To put it another way: analysis divides something that looks like one thing and breaks it into little things. Explication expands each of the little things by assigning meaning, trying to unite lots of little things underneath one bigger thing. Logos Ethos Pathos Kairos Definition Ethos Pathos Logos Kairos Effective Ineffective Chart Rhetorical Appeals Kairos Questions Literary Devices List 1  (Links to an external site.) Literary Devices List 2  (Links to an external site.) ESSAY 1 PROMPT:  Write a thesis-driven, well-organized, 4-5 page essay to provide a rhetorical and literary analysis of one character from Max Shulman’s “Love is a Fallacy.” You will analyze your character of choice (unnamed main character; Polly Espy; or Petey Bellows) using rhetorical devices (ethos, pathos, logos, kairos. Also, you will analyze your same character of choice (unnamed main character; Polly Espy; or Petey Bellows) using literary devices. Literary device suggestions for analysis of any character: symbolism, metaphor, irony, logical fallacies, and verisimilitude – note: I would like to choose the main character.  Provide two pieces of textual evidence (variations between direct quotes and paraphrases) in each paragraph to support your claim in proper MLA in-text citation. Your essay must contain at least five body paragraphs. Review Essay 1 Outline format on how to generate content for body paragraph 1. In body paragraphs #2, 3, 4, 5: you must feature one rhetorical device and one literary device analysis.   Your thesis statement (main claim) must address: What rhetorical devices (ethos, pathos, logos, kairos) and literary devices (select 4-5 of your choice) does the writer employ to effectively render your selected character?  How does the play use your selected character as a vehicle (conduit, platform, device) to comment on love, logic, gender, money, sexism, and/or fads?  FORMAT:  Your essay should follow proper MLA formatting, MLA in-text citations, and MLA Works Cited page. Use Times New Roman 12, 1 inch margins all around.  Any essay turned in without appropriate citations will NOT receive a grade.  Keep turnitin.com “quoting matches” below 20%. “Quoting matches” above 30% WITHOUT a strong thesis statement = in danger of automatic fail.   2) Outline Introduction Paragraph Hook statement: avoid quotes, play summary, obvious statement of facts, and rhetorical questions.  Background / contextual information: What is the play’s argument?  What is the play’s commentary on love, logic, gender, money, sexism, and/or fads?  Declare which Character you will analyze: What is your character’s argument? The play’s argument should not overlap with your character’s argument.  What does your character represent in the world of the play (literary world) -vs.- what does your character metaphorically represent outside the world of the play (our real world)? Thesis Statement: Your thesis statement (main claim) must address: What rhetorical devices (ethos, pathos, logos, kairos) and literary devices (select 4-5 of your choice) does the writer employ to effectively render your selected character?  How does the play use your selected character as a vehicle (conduit, platform, device) to comment on love, logic, gender, money, sexism, and/or fads?  Transition sentence after thesis statement. Do not end your introduction paragraph with your thesis.  Body Paragraph 1 = Character analysis = overview What is your selected character (unnamed main character; or Polly Espy; or Petey Bellows)  truth, epiphany, paralysis, challenges?  What does your selected character represent in the world of the play? What does your selected character metaphorically represent beyond the world of the play (in the real world)? Character analysis: Is your selected character flat, round, stock, stereotypical, static, dynamic? How do they contribute to the plot’s movement? How do they contribute to the play’s theme? Body Paragraph 2 = Rhetorical Analysis = Ethos + Character analysis via literary device #1 (use a different literary device per body paragraph)  Literary Devices Links: https://literary-devices.com https://literarydevices.net Topic Sentence (TS) Format = “Shulman employs (uses, utilizes, wields) ethos (effectively -or- ineffectively) because … [why? // insert a specific reason] How does Shulman use literary device #1 to effectively -or- ineffectively employ ethos?  Provide a specific scene as evidence  Body Paragraph 3 = Rhetorical Analysis = Pathos + Character analysis via another literary device #2 Topic Sentence (TS) Format = “Shulman employs (uses, utilizes, wields) pathos (effectively -or- ineffectively) because … [why? // insert a specific reason] How does Shulman use literary device #2 to effectively -or- ineffectively employ pathos?  Provide a specific scene as evidence  Body Paragraph 4 = Rhetorical Analysis = Logos + Character analysis via another literary device #3 Topic Sentence (TS) Format = “Shulman employs (uses, utilizes, wields) logos (effectively -or- ineffectively) because … [why? // insert a specific reason] How does Shulman use literary device #3 literary device to effectively -or- ineffectively employ logos?  Provide a specific scene as evidence  Body Paragraph 5 = Rhetorical Analysis = Kairos + Character analysis via another literary device #4 Topic Sentence (TS) Format = “Shulman employs (uses, utilizes, wields) kairos (effectively -or- ineffectively) because … [why? // insert a specific reason] How does Shulman use literary device #4 to effectively -or- ineffectively employ kairos?  Provide a specific scene as evidence  Conclusion Paragraph  Your conclusion paragraph must include two distinct and specific parts: A) the 1st half of your conclusion paragraph: recap essay quickly; review thesis with fresh words B) the 2nd half of your conclusion paragraph: provide insight; concrete micro and macro call to action = -mirco (local) realistic: How does the moral of the play and the understanding of your selected character affect an individual reader? -vs.- How does the perspective of your character impact a small group of people’s understanding of love, logic, gender, money, sexism, and/or fads? -macro (global) idealistic: How does the moral of the play and the understanding of your selected character affect a large group of readers? -vs.- How does the perspective of your character impact various communities’s understanding of love, logic, gender, money, sexism, and/or fads? A) the 1st half of your conclusion paragraph: ads