For this assignment, you should choose ONE of the Classism articles from this unit:
https://medium.com/@durrannbrown/combatting-the-corridor-of-shame-18e67863e2
You should compose an analysis essay of four-to-five-pages that offers a rhetorical analysis of the existing argument that is presented in the article that you chose. This essay should be directed to actual and implied audiences, both your fellow students and instructor as well as an imagined audience unfamiliar with our class but interested in the topic of the argument you have chosen. You must craft the essay to make it meaningful and appealing to others. This essay should identify key rhetorical elements for an existing textual argument, offer a thesis, summarize the text, and thereafter—and at greatest length—offer a rhetorical analysis, identifying the lines of argument and how they work. You might conclude with an evaluative comment based on that analysis.
Important matters to remember:
*Choose one of the readings about Ableism from this unit.
*Identify the rhetorical situation of the text’s production and reception. Who wrote it, when, for whom, and why? What is the writer’s argument?
*Summarize the text in a paragraph and include textual support for your summary.
*Demonstrate your familiarity with the lines of argument (facts and reason, authorial credibility, audience emotions, values, and Kairos—the right time and place), as well as other features of the rhetorical situation—purpose, publication context, exigency, audience, style, etc. Identify the key rhetorical features of the text and demonstrate how they operate, for whom, and with what success.
Format:
The essay must be four to five pages, printed in 12 point standard font (Times New Roman, Calibri, Arial), double-spaced with 1” margins and all evidence cited in MLA style. Rely most on your primary source, but make judicious use of secondary sources, perhaps for definitions and comparisons.
