This assignment is essentially the "Respond" Prompt on pg. 120 in our text. Choose an opinion piece written in the past year from The New York Times Online: nytimes.com.
There is also a Guide for writing a rhetorical analysis in our book starting on pg. 114. Use that to help you write your essay. For Thursday, choose an article, annotate it, do some brainstorming, and come in with a few possible thesis statements for your essay.
The first draft of this essay is due Tuesday, MArch 12; the final draft is due March 23 and should be 700-1000 words long.
