Assignment: Select an argumentative essay from the op-ed or editorial page of a reputable news source (e.g. The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Politico, the Hill, the Economist, etc.). Read the argument carefully and critically, making sure to identify the claims it makes and the evidence used to back up those claims. Then, write an essay in which you analyze the argument rhetorically, using the principles discussed in Chapter 6 of our textbook. You might focus your essay on determining whether or not you feel the argument is likely to be successful with its intended audience, or you might focus on some other aspect of the text. For instance, you might analyze the relative strengths and/or weaknesses of the writers use of ethos, pathos, logos; or you might examine contradictions or fallacies in the argument. Whatever your focus, your essay should:
