Analysis Exercises #1 (required) and #2 (optional / extra credit)—English 1A Dr. Leiby
Name______________________________________________Section #_______________
You will be assigned an essay from The Mercury Reader to analyze for a number of rhetorical
strategies utilized by the author. First review the material in your textbooks and in the “Logic and
Argumentation” handout. Before completing the exercise, read the essay several times, annotating it
(underlining passages, writing in the margins, etc.), especially whenever you believe you have
identified the rhetorical strategies, then fill in the information below. You may use pen on this
assignment sheet or (preferred method) upload the Word document from the class website, typing in
the information, saving it onto a flash drive (bring the flash drive to class!) and printing a copy to
submit to the instructor. Due date: See syllabus.
Author and Title of Essay:
Purpose:
Audience: (primary and secondary)
Claim: (You may paraphrase—use your own words—or quote the author’s; however, you
probably will NOT be able to find a thesis statement at the end of the first paragraph.)
Methods of Development: (for example, narration, description, comparison/contrast, examples,
definition, etc.; identify the methods and include the page numbers where the methods are used)
Point of View: (can vary—first person, second person, third person)
Tone: (can vary—sarcastic, humorous, angry, prideful, etc.; include page numbers when
identifying various tones)
EXAMPLES OF ETHOS, LOGOS, AND PATHOS: (include quotations/paraphrases and page
numbers; for extensive passages, quote part of the passage, use ellipses, then include last words)
Ethos:
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3)
Logos:
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3)
Pathos:
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3)