Read, review, analyze Michelle Alexanderxc2x92s chapter from her book The New Jim Crow, and write a rhetorical analysis.’
n700 words essayWrite about herxc2xa0main argumentxc2xa0(or one of her main claims) and explainxc2xa0how she develops and supports it.You can evaluate (your POV) what she does and how she does it.Your POV will not be on the issues or ideas, but rather, on her work and what she accomplishes (or doesn’t).Write aboutxc2xa0how she implements her strategiesxc2xa0and forxc2xa0what goalsxc2xa0(thinkxc2xa0author purpose)?xc2xa0Consider (and research over the weekend) things like what rhetoric is, what a rhetorical situation is, what a rhetorical analysis is.Research and reviewxc2xa0Logos,xc2xa0Ethos, andxc2xa0Pathosxc2xa0xc2xa0as writing techniques which writers use as they provide examples/proofs/evidence. xc2xa0Analyze author’s use of language (description, word choices, terms/concepts).xc2xa0Also consider how thexc2xa0consequencesxc2xa0andxc2xa0implicationsxc2xa0(link)xc2xa0(how she affects/impacts her readers).Consider (citing) a little bit about author and his/her credentials.I am providingxc2xa0youtube linksxc2xa0below with more details on rhetoric and rhetorical analysis.For this option,xc2xa0outside sources are optional,xc2xa0but can be helpful to your audience, for example, when explanation of a writing strategy etcxe2x80xa6Keep in mind that you canxe2x80x99t analyze everything that Michelle is xc2xa0saying and/or doing, so carefully pick what you will focus on (which could be one of her main claims and some of her important strategies).http://rhetoric.sdsu.edu/resources/what_is_rhetoric.htmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s84EDd8jFgw “


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