English 1023: Essay #1–Analyzing Arguments

PURPOSE: To write an essay in which you analyze a persuasive article (see below for details). Your goal is to explain how the article’s purpose is shaped and supported through its author’s use of rhetorical devices. As you analyze the article, take care to remain unbiased and not to express your own opinion/position on the argumentative topic.

LENGTH: 3 full pages – 4 full pages (Times New Roman, 12-point font, 1” margins)

SOURCES: You must cite from your chosen article (below) + 1 other outside source.  This means this essay requires proper MLA formatted intext citations AND a Works Cited page. 

Select ONE of these three texts:  “A Delicious Revolution” by Alice Walters OR Wendell Berry’s “The Pleasures of Eating” OR “But I Am a Child Who Does” by Sandra Steingraber.

• Wendell Berry’s essay, The Pleasures of Eating
• Alice Waters’ article, A Delicious Revolution
• Sandra Steingraber’s essay, But I Am A Child Who Does

1. Introduction (1 paragraph)–Briefly introduce the issue being debated in your chosen article (i.e., the specific question the article is answering), noting why the issue is controversial and of interest. To do this, you will reference one secondary source (see requirements at bottom of this handout), as you want to ensure your readers have a clear understanding of the issue and/or any technical terms under debate. Also, be sure to include the full name of your article’s author the first time you reference him or her in your introduction (thereafter, you will use only the author’s last names); you also will need to note the full title of the article either in your introduction or summary paragraph (thereafter, you will use a shortened version of the title). Conclude your introduction paragraph with a well-defined thesis indicative of the article’s specific purpose and the 3-4 rhetorical devices he or she uses to shape and support his or her purpose.

1. Summary (1 paragraph)–Provide a brief summary of the persuasive article; this paragraph should be written in an objective, unbiased manner. In this paragraph, you should use your own words as much as possible (rather than rely upon quotations) and include signal phrases and in-text citations throughout your paragraph (these should be a given in all of your paragraphs—remember that you must intext cite even when you summarize a text).

III. Rhetorical Devices (3-4 paragraphs)–In each paragraph, you will discuss a rhetorical device used by the article’s author to shape and support his or her purpose (in alignment with your thesis statement). Possible rhetorical devices are as follows: appeal to pathos, appeal to logos, appeal to ethos, style, paragraph and/or sentence structure, figurative language, use of dialogue, humor, tone, repetition, challenges to cultural beliefs.

While each paragraph will include textual evidence from your chosen article to demonstrate the author’s use of the particular rhetorical device, you ultimately should use this evidence to explain how the rhetorical device helps to shape and/or support the author’s specific purpose in writing his or her article. Do not leave it up to you readers to figure out the connection between the rhetorical device and the article’s purpose; you need to clearly and fully explain this connection to them. Please remember to keep each paragraph in this section of roughly equal length.

1. Conclusion (1 paragraph)–Reiterate your thesis and speak to . . .

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To begin the writing process, you first should read through the three articles hyperlinked above.

Also, you will need to include at least one other current, secondary source in your essay’s introduction paragraph; this source should be a scholarly article from a database (full-text), an e-book (from BRCC’s e-book collection via EBSCOhost), or a physical book, all published within the past ten years. You are welcome to cite information from the main article you’re analyzing, but this will not count as your secondary source. You are not to use anything from the general Internet, unless you have received specific approval from me..

Please remember that your purpose is NOT to persuade your readers to accept a particular point of view. Instead, you are helping them to become more informed on the issue through your unbiased presentation of the positions and their common connections.

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Final Project: Leadership and Strategy Plan
For this Final Project, you select a pressing health problem affecting a community and develop a leadership and strategy plan for addressing the problem. You link this problem to a corresponding Healthy People 2020 objective(s).
Scenario You are a new Health Program Planner recently hired by the Lake Troubled Shallows Department in Minnesota. Prior to your arrival, a comprehensive community health needs assessment was conducted by the Health Department. Based on the assessment, the following top five community health needs were identified. • Heart disease and stroke prevention • Diabetes screening • Physical activity • Maternal, infant and child health monitoring and treatment • Mental health and mental disorders screening and treatment
The executive director of the Lake Troubled Shallows Health Department has tasked you with targeting one of the aforementioned community health needs as a top priority during your first year. The director has asked you to develop a leadership and strategy plan to address your identified community health need.
As part of the pre-planning stage of developing your leadership and strategy plan, first select and match one the Healthy People 2020 objectives to one of the top five needs identified by the Health Department.
For instance, if you choose “physical activity,” review the various physical activity objectives under the general Healthy People 2020 Objectives. Then, select a specific, measurable sub-objective.

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