Rhetorical Analysis Writing AssignmentWriting Assignment Description: write a rhetorical analysis of “The Political Power of Social Media” by Clay Shirky. The paper will identify, analyze and evaluate appeals to logos, pathos and ethos. A - exemplary work that demonstrates a complexity of thought, strong essay organization, purposeful paragraph development with identifiable pattern of organization and supporting quotes. Quotes are punctuated properly. The writing has academic style, voice and minor if any grammatical errors. The paper meets all requirements of the assignment to a high degree. Usesa variation of sentence structures for cohesiveness. Transitions such as conjunctive adverbs guide the writing. MLA format is used correctly. B - strong work that demonstrates some complexity of thought, good essay organization, paragraph development and supporting quotes. The writing may at times use informal language,lack a unique voice and have some grammatical errors. Though some sentence structure variation exists, the writing has more simple sentences and has only a some cohesive connectors. MLA format is used mostly correctly. C - the writing is weaker because it lacks a complexity of thought and often repeats ideas or is redundant. The essay organization is weak and harder to identify. The paragraphs lack a focus and development at times. The paper meets some but not all the requirements of the assignment. The sentences are mostly simple and overuse coordinators such as but and so throughout. MLA format is may not be followed correctly in all areas. ●MLA format●12 point font●Times Roman ●Double spaced ●2 pages●Proper punctuation and attribution for quotes●Works Cited at the end of the paper
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