While reading your chosen article,consider the following questions to analyze the article:   Is the article effect

While reading your chosen article,consider the following questions to analyze the article:

• Is the article effective, convincing, and/or successful? 
• What is the authors larger point? Is that argument subtle or obvious?
• Does the writer fulfill his or her purpose?
• What does the author do well, and where does the argument fall apart?

Things to Avoid in anArgument Analysis Essay:

• DO NOT say whether you agree with the authors argument.

Things to Discuss in anArgument Analysis Essay:

• DO DISCUSS the methods used by the writer to make the argument (e.g., sufficient or insufficient evidence provided through logos, pathos, and ethos.)
• DO DISCUSS the effectiveness of the argument made by the writer

Organize Your Essay This Way:

• Your introduction should provide a hook, a short (2-3 sentences) summary of the article you have chosen, a bridge to the thesis statement, and a thesis statement.
• The last sentence of your introduction will be your thesis statement. Your thesis statement will be a blueprint for your entire essay.
• Your thesis statement should state your opinion about the effectiveness of the argument presented in the article you have chosen. Note: use one of the Thesis Statement Templates listed on the next page.
• Your body paragraphs should each be organized around one main point about the articles strengths, weaknesses, and / or effectiveness. This point should be stated in a clear topic sentence.
• Your conclusion should pull the essay back together without introducing any new information.
• You should include a work cited page in MLA format which lists only the article you analyzed (see Purdue Owl for a model works cited page).

Thesis Statement Templates:

Step 1:  After carefully reading and studying theassigned article you have chosen, decide how successfully you think the author presentedthe argument in the article.  Was theargument fully successful?  Partiallysuccessful?  Unsuccessful? 

Step 2:Choose a thesis statement template from the options below.

Note:  Argument methods could include logos, ethos, pathos,and discussion of counterarguments / rebuttals.  Weaknesses could include one or more logicalfallacies, or even a lack of logos, ethos, pathos, or counterarguments /rebuttals.

Fully Successful Argument:

Template #1:

By using <insert Method A,><insert Method B,> and <insert Method C> in the article <inserttitle of article,> author <insert authors full name> successfullyargues that <insert authors claim.>

Sample:By using logos, ethos, and pathos in the article High Tide, author Tim Smith successfullyargues that Marylands best beachfront real estate can be found in Ocean City,Maryland.

Partially Successful Argument:

Template #2:

Although author <insertauthors full name> effectively uses <insert Method A> and <insertMethod B> in the article <insert title of article,> the authorineffectively uses <insert Method C,> and thereby presents a partiallysuccessful argument that <insert authors claim.>

Sample:Although author Tim Smith effectively uses logos and ethos in the article HighTide, Smith ineffectively uses pathos, and thereby presents a partiallysuccessful argument that Marylands best beachfront real estate can be found inOcean City, Maryland.

Partially Successful Argument:

Template #3:

Despite including <logicalfallacies / a lack of Method A>, author <insert authors full name> inthe article <insert title of article> effectively presents <insertMethod B> and <insert Method C> to produce a partially successfulargument that <insert authors claim>.

Sample:Despite including logical fallacies, author Tim Smith in the article High Tideeffectively presents ethos and pathos to produce a partially successfulargument that Marylands best beachfront real estate can be found in OceanCity, Maryland.

Unsuccessful Argument:

Template #4:

Due to the <logicalfallacies / lack of Method A / lack of Method B / lack of Method C> in thearticle <insert title of article,> author <insert authors full name>presents an unsuccessful argument that <insert authors claim.>

Sample:Due to a lack of logos and pathos in the article High Tide, author Tim Smith presentsan unsuccessful argument that Marylands best beachfront real estate can befound in Ocean City, Maryland.

Before submitting:

Revise content.

Improve word choices by replacingvague words with precise words.

Increase cohesiveness.

Improve sentence style.

Increase sentence clarity.

Eliminate redundancy.

Edit for grammar and spellingerrors.

Check MLA format.

Make sure each body paragraphhas a topic sentence.

Make sure the thesisstatement is clear.

Specific Requirements:

No 1^st person (I and related pronouns–me,my, mine, etc.–in this essay)

No 2^nd person pronouns (you)

No contractions

Avoid slang / colloquialisms

Length:           750 – 1000 words

10% Rule = no penalty if you are 10% under (675 words)or 10% over (1100 words)

Fewer than 675 words = lose 10% of total points for Essay1

More than 1100 words = lose 10% of total points forEssay 1

MLA Format:Typewritten

White Paper

Double Spaced

1 Margins

12 Point Font: Times New Roman

Last Name and Page Numbers in the Upper Right-handCorners

Title Centered and Clearly Stated

Heading:  Upper Left-HandCorner of Page 1 (Double-spaced)

                                    Your Name

                                    Professor Liibs

English 1113Section <insert your section numberhere>

Due Date (Day Month Year) (Example: 18 February 2019)