What to do: Respond to this assignment as a "Newspaper Response" with a 1-2 page reply in critical essay form with in-text citations if needed. Essay should have an introduction, at least three body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
Assignment Directions: Read a few articles from any newspaper that you choose, and pick out one or more opinion pieces that you can evaluate. You may choose an essay that is based on something you know or something new. Consider the article's purpose.
For example, decide if an article is using a certain type of argument or a rhetorical mode.
Make sure you note that the article appeals to logos, pathos or ethos? Evaluate the nature of the argument presented in the newspaper article that you have read, and then reflect
Some further examples of questions you might ask as you evaluate the
What is the audience for the piece? Does the article reference any history or provide a historical context? Is the author's argument valid? Does it seem credible, why or why not? What other points of view have you read about on this topic, and where"'!" w conversation?
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