Too Tired? Too Anxious? Need More Time? We’ve got your back.
In this rhetorical analysis, you will analyze and
evaluate the ways two different news sources report on the same event or story doing so,
you will analyze the rhetorical choices authors, editors, and content designers make
when presenting their stories to the public. Try to find
articles that approach a story from distinct perspectives and use
significantly different headlines or presentation strategies. Your articles
should both be published on roughly the same day (if not, then at least during the same week). In
addition, analyze the platform (newspaper, website, news app, etc.) and visual
presentation (layout, colors, navigation, ads, etc.) as part of your rhetorical analysis. Ultimately, think about how readers would react to the content and the way that content
is presented. Your introduction should include a dynamic example that presents the
overall story or event to your reader. The introduction should also end with a strong
evaluative thesis that suggests (but does not explain in detail) which news source
utilizes better rhetorical strategies overall. From there, your body paragraphs should
briefly summarize the news story that each article addresses, analyze the two headlines
and any other sub-headlines, discuss the effectiveness of the platform and visuals
presentation, and finally, evaluate the written content of the article itself. Your
conclusion should also include an example, quotation, or experience that succinctly
ends your essay without merely summarizing what you have already said.
Too Tired? Too Anxious? Need More Time? We’ve got your back.