4 Module 3
The purpose of Module Three is to apply an understanding of rhetorical analysis and MLA to the crafting and peer-reviewing of Essay #1, your rhetorical analysis essay.
Objectives
The Module Three assignments will guide you toward the following objectives:
- Gain a more in-depth understanding of the rhetorical situation as it applies to rhetorical analysis
- Become more confident about the purpose and process of rhetorical analysis
- Create a rough draft of Essay #1
- Engage in peer-review
Overview
By this time, you should have a good fundamental understanding of the meaning and purpose of rhetorical analysis and should have ideas in mind for Essay #1. The focus of this module, then, is on drafting Essay #1 rough drafts and peer-reviewing those drafts with classmates. By the end of this module, you should have an even stronger understanding of rhetorical analysis and be in great shape to revise Essay #1 rough drafts so you can have a solid rhetorical analysis essay to close out this first unit of Writing 101.
Readings
The Module Three readings are from Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) and provide more in-depth information on rhetorical analysis. They also offer examples to show how to engage in rhetorical analysis.
Click on the title of the reading to open it in a new browser window.
Writing Commons
- Ethos
- Fallacious Ethos
- Pathos
- Fallacious Pathos
- Logos
- Fallacious Logos
- Composing Strategies
- How to Write an Engaging Introduction
- Paragraphs Flow When Information is Logical
- Paragraph Transitions
- Paragraphs Must Logically Relate to the Previous Paragraph(s)
- How to Write a Compelling Conclusion
Optional – Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Preparing for Essay #1 and Peer Review: A Few Notes
The focus for this module is all about drafting and peer-reviewing Essay #1 drafts. You will spend the first part of the module writing your rough draft and the second part engaging in peer-review with classmates.
Essay #1 Rough Drafts
The first step for composing your Essay #1 rough draft is to ensure you have a clear understanding of the requirements. As a reminder, the instructions are linked under “Quick Links to Major Assignments and Grading Rubrics.” You can access the instructions and grading rubric directly in separate browser windows by clicking on the corresponding links below:
Using the grading rubric as a checklist will be valuable as you compose and revise, as it lists out the criteria that will be used to evaluate final drafts. You will also use the grading rubric for peer-review.
The next step will be to identify a text to analyze if you have not done so already. You discussed possibilities in the CD1b discussion, and now you will want to commit to a text. Here are a few suggestions:
- Choose something relatively brief (200 – 900 words or so). If you are a student who worries about word count, your impulse might be to think that you will have more to write about if you choose a longer text; howev