Choose one of the editorials posted above to write about.  These editorials are intended for a general, non-academic audience who is interested in political/social issues.  Each editorial is accompanied by an image that compliments or reinforces the author’s argument.  For this assignment, you will analyze how the news media (through your chosen editorial) portrays social issues and how the editorial constructs an effective or ineffective argument.  You will need to point out the rhetorical strategies being used in both the article and the image, to discuss why and how these techniques affect us as viewers and readers of these texts, and to form a conclusion about how these texts illustrate our values.

As you analyze both the article and the image, consider how these two “texts” work together to create an argument.  You will need to analyze both texts carefully and thoroughly.  You might think about:

  • word choice
  • image style, color, and composition
  • the arrangement of ideas
  • the use of classic appeals (logos/pathos/ethos)
  • the argument’s tone
  • the types of evidence the author uses
  • the image’s relationship to the main article.

You are writing for people who are interested in social/cultural/political issues. You will need to briefly summarize the editorial for your audience (one paragraph maximum – summarization is not the main purpose of this assignment) and refer to specific details of the editorial throughout your analysis. Since you won’t be writing to a specific person or group of people, your essay should stay in third person (no first or second person pronouns). This essay is not focused on you (so your personal experiences should not come into play), and you are not writing about whether you agree with the editorial or not.  You are analyzing the editorial’s effectiveness as an argument and examining how it uses rhetorical strategies to convince its audience.


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