Analyzing Extended Argument Assignment 650-800 words

The purpose of this assignment is to analyze an argument in a piece of long-form journalism. As you know from your first assignment, the Self-Reflection, today’s employers place a lot of value on thinking critically, ethical judgment and integrity, intercultural skills, innovation, and a life-long desire to learn. One way to continue to learn outside of school and get exposure to new ideas is by developing skills in regular critical reading and analysis. In your previous assignment, “Understanding Rhetoric and Multimodal Composition”, you made your own original Storify and then you explained the rhetorical choices that you made in order to reach a specific audience. This assignment helps you to further your understanding that authors and composers, in any mode, don’t simply make random choices about what and how to write, but rather make careful choices about how to use rhetorical appeals and devices in order to be effective. For this assignment, you will analyze the argument, rhetorical appeals, and rhetorical devices made by an author or authors in a piece of long-form journalism. This essay will help you think critically about an argument and analyze it rhetorically.