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**Title:** My Life Growing Up: A Journey of Challenges and Care **Author:** Venita edwards   **Institutional Affiliation** **Course:** 801-136 English Composition **Instructor:** Molly Sides **Due Date:** 06/21/2024 11:59pm 

The purpose of an argument essay is to begin to develop ideas and support specific, tentative opinions on
a given topic with convincing evidence, close reading, and thoughtful interpretation. The topic of
“academic success” has been selected for the Persuasive Argument Essay because it is a topic that all
involved in this English 101 course – students and professor alike – can generally relate to (regardless of
whether it has been ample or scarce in one’s life), aspire to achieve (otherwise we would not be here), and
perhaps ultimately measure or understand in different ways. To focus the essay we will consider the
circumstances of one author’s education and debate significant influences leading to his eventual
“academic success.” Using Richard Rodriguez’s controversial autobiography Hunger of Memory: The
Education of Richard Rodriguez, research, as well as our own personal observation, would you say that
Rodriguez’s “academic success” is more the result of advantage or adversity experienced during his
education? To prepare your argument you will need to define a few key terms: “academic success;”
“advantage;” “adversity.” To support your argument you will want to pay close attention to not only what
Rodriguez says about his “academic success” (content), but also how he chooses to portray the influences
leading to this “academic success” (form). Throughout, we will want to be mindful that how the
autobiography is written serves as a testament to Rodriguez’s “academic success.” For instance, and
among other rhetorical maneuverings, we can track Rodriguez’s strategic use of personal observation
when discussing gain and advantage versus his use of more intimate, personal experience when
discussing loss and adversity. In the Persuasive Argument Essay you can feel free to draw upon your own
personal observation. However, keep in mind that others may have different observations than you do on
the many issues covered by Rodriguez (i.e. bilingual education; religion), and that argument is often most
persuasive when different, and even competing, opinions are acknowledged, respected, and explore

English 101
Rhetorical Analysis Essay: Writing Guidelines and Information
Overview: For
this essay, you will write a rhetorical analysis of one of the assigned
texts. A rhetorical analysis focuses on HOW a text presents an
argument. Essentially you are analyzing the choices an author makes and
judging the effectiveness of those choices. 
Basic Requirements:
The essay should be at least 900 words in length.
Make sure that you have a strong, argumentative thesis statement that clearly lays out what you will discuss in your paper.
Use the scholarly tone for writing a formal paper.
Support your argument with evidence from the text.
Include proper MLA in-text citations and Work(s) Cited page written using MLA format for a formal essay. 
Note:
All work submitted must be original. If you need help understanding
plagiarism, please check out some of the material under content or ask
me directly. You can not submit work that has previously been submitted
for another class or is written using AI tools.
Texts for Rhetorical Analysis:
Option 1:  Choose one of the following texts from the assigned reading list:
“The Perils of Indifference” (Wiesel)
“Commencement Speech 2005” (Jobs)
“Googling Strangers” (Green)
“Super Mario Kart” (Green)
“A Modest Proposal” (Swift)
Using one of the above texts, construct an argument concerning whether or not the author is successful in presenting their message. To do this, the first point you must establish is what you consider the purpose of the text. (You will likely include this in your introduction.) Then
decide if the text is successful in presenting its message. Why or why
not? What rhetorical techniques does the author use to achieve their
goal? What choices does the author/speaker make in order to reach the
audience.