Welcome back to blogging! Unit 2 focuses primarily on the rhetorical analysis of arguments, eventually making meaning from that analysis. And our authors in Everything's an Argument are pushing us to develop and sharpen the skills necessary in a project of this nature. In fact, Chapter 5 is all about thinking rhetorically.
In this week's blog posting, I'd like you to perform a short rhetorical analysis of a primary text. Your chosen text can be visual, written, or a combination of the two, but it must be comprised of primary source material (i.e. a text created "in the moment"). Once you find this argument, analyze it rhetorically. Even though you may have a copy of the image (if it's visual), describe the argument carefully in your post, using the assumption that your description is all your readers may have to go on. Then make a judgment about the effectiveness of this argument, supporting your claim with clear evidence from the text.
Please remember that your post is due by 8 AM on Thursday, 2/26 and comments on your peers' blogs are due by 5 PM on Friday, 2/27.
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