31 Rhetorical Modes: Rhetorical Analysis (major essay)

You will select an issue related to health and wellness that concerns you.  Please choose from the following:

  • The effectiveness of personal feedback/tracking devices (fitbit, Apple watch or other wearable technology)
  • Changing a sedentary lifestyle
  • Sugar, salt, fat and their effect on Metabolic Syndrome, Type 2 Diabetes, Hypertension and Heart Disease
  • Body image
  • Recess or PE classes in K-12
  • Disordered eating
  • Balancing school, work, and life

Choose an article about your topic that is no more than two pages long.

Write a rhetorical analysis in MLA format.  You will write an introduction; short paragraphs with a few sentences about each of these elements; and a conclusion.

  • Introduction that names the article and gives the source information in MLA format
  • author
  • opportunity
  • purpose
  • audience
  • message
  • medium of delivery
  • stance
  • conclusion that describes the overall impression of the article – what did you think about it?

This will be a short assignment of 100 – 300 words.

If you’d like feedback, share your Google doc with your instructor.  Text me when you’re ready for feedback.

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