Identify the specific audience groups that she wrote this article to, using the basic audience types shown in class.

A Sample Outline:
Paragraph One
• Introduce the author, the article title, and a brief overview of what the article is about.
• Identify the author’s purpose in writing the article, focusing specifically on what she wants
the audience to believe or do as a response to the article.
• Identify the author’s exigency for why she wrote the article in the first place.
• Identify the specific audience groups that she wrote this article to, using the basic audience
types shown in class.
• Identify 2-3 common types of context affecting the audience that you believe she was
writing to, showing how that context would affect their perception of the article.

Paragraph Two
• State the author’s thesis idea or her main argument from her article.
• Demonstrate the specific ways that the author uses ethos, pathos, and logos in order to try
and persuade her audience.
o Identify 2 different types of ethos, 2 different types of pathos, and 2 different types
of logos.
o When you identify the specific type of each appeal be sure to provide the example
from the text as well as an explanation of how that type and example works to
persuade the audience.
o A common issue in this essay is that students will provide two examples of the same type:
for example, a student may provide two different facts for logos or two different source
references for ethos – in this case while the student has provided two examples of both
ethos and logos, the examples are all of the same type which does not allow that student to
demonstrate mastery of the concept.

You do not need a conclusion to end this particular essay.

**Please understand that the point of this essay is so that I am able to see if you understand
how to identify the rhetorical situation and rhetorical strategies: because of this, please
clearly label each of the required elements as you identify it in your essay.

Assignment Outcomes:
• Understand the concept of the rhetorical situation and identify its basic components within a
written argument.
• Understand the concept of the rhetorical appeals and identify their use within a written
argument.
• Effectively summarize and paraphrase source material.
• Include proper in text quotations and citations (using the appropriate signal phrases) and
APA formatting.

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