Rhetorical Analysis Outline
For this assignment you will create a Paragraph Outline, which is like a preliminary draft of your final essa(y), that includes key paragraphs that will help build your final essa(y) due in Week .
This week you will complete the following:
· Continue working with the essa(y) that you selected in Week 1:
“Homeless on Campus” (Bader, 2004/2022, p.792)
“The Endless, Invisible Persuasion Tactics of the Internet” (Fussell, 2019/2022, p. 798)
“Cyberloafing, Distraction or Motivation? (Avila, 2019/2022, p.803)
· Download and complete the following outline template:
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Rhetorical Analysis Outline
Week 2 Paragraph Outline Template 2025
Introductory paragraph (wri(tten) as a complete paragraph):
1. Begin with a sentence introducing the title and author of the essa(y) you are interpreting.
2. Write a 4-5 sentence summary of the essa(y) you selected.
3. End your introductory paragraph with your thesis statement from the Week proposal worksheet (Author’s last name, brief essa(y) topic, effective/not effective, three rhetorical modes, main idea of essa(y).)
Body paragraph detailing the first rhetorical mode (writ(ten) in outline form):
1. Open with a topic sentence introducing first rhetorical mode from thesis statement.
2. Define the rhetorical mode that you identified.
3. Provide evidence from the essa(y) that illustrates rhetorical mode being used (use a signal phrase and an APA in-text citation).
4. Explain how/why essa(y) evidence illustrates the first rhetorical mode.
Body paragraph detailing the second rhetorical mode (writ(ten) in outline form):
1. Start with a topic sentence introducing second rhetorical mode from thesis statement.
2. Define the rhetorical mode that you identified.
3. Provide evidence from the essa(y) that illustrates rhetorical mode being used (use a signal phrase and an APA in-text citation).
4. Explain how/why the essa(y) evidence illustrates the rhetorical mode.
Body paragraph detailing the third rhetorical mode (writ(ten) in outline form):
1. Open with a topic sentence introducing third rhetorical mode from thesis statement.
2. Define the rhetorical mode that you identified.
3. Give essa(y) evidence that illustrates rhetorical mode being used (use a signal phrase and an APA in-text citation).
4. Explain how/why the essa(y) evidence illustrates the rhetorical mode.
Concluding paragraph (writ(ten) in outline form):
1. Restate your thesis using different wording.
2. Write 3-4 sentences that summarize your interpretation.
3. Share your final thoughts about your analysis of the essa(y).
