Write an analyzation of “Where Have all the Criminals Gone.”

Paper 3: Argument/Rhetorical
Analysis: Worth 20 Points

What is an
Argument/Rhetorical Analysis?
The
argument and rhetorical analysis essay is a careful examination and/or
evaluation of the strength of the main claim of a nonfiction work. The analyzed can include: essays, editorials,
news stories, blog posts, scholarly work, and even speeches. This essay will require you to isolate the
main argument (or thesis) of a work, the main claims that support the work, the
evidence that support the main claims and the rhetorical devices used to
punctuate or color this evidence. The
end result of this essay will be a better understanding of how an argument is
constructed, the rhetorical devices used and an evaluation of how effective or
ineffective an argument can be.

Assignment:
You
will write a 4-5 page
Argument/Rhetorical Analysis of one (not both) of the following:

Gladwell’s
“The Power of Context”
Dubner
& Levitt’s “Where Have All the Criminals Gone”

You will
evaluate the strength of the argument through an analysis of textual examples:
The work’s use of
evidence—facts, statistics, anecdotes, etc.
The work’s use of
rhetorical appeals

What is a
Rhetorical Appeal?
·
Ethos: an appeal to the audience’s sense of
trust, ethics
·
Logos: an appeal to reason, logic
·
Pathos: an appeal to an audience’s emotions
or emotional state

To
accomplish this, you will: PAY ATTENTION TO THIS CHECK LIST
Read each article
Identify the main points of each article
Apply ethos, logos, and pathos to each main
point
Choose which article you found most
interesting
Decide whether the article convinced you or
did not convince you
Construct a thesis and then outline a
potential essay examining the points that support your overall belief of
whether the article is convincing or not convincing
Write the essay applying ethos, logos and
pathos to the main points you are discussing and then expound upon why
they are convincing or not convincing

The specifics:

Double-spaced
Readable
12 point font

Conventional
margins
Paragraphs
should be
indented
No
“I” statements
Use
textual examples as evidence
NO
BLOCK QUOTES
MLA
Citation Style
Works
Cited Page
Rely
on Paraphrased information rather than quotes

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