The Guide

Writing to Evaluate

Ideas to write about: a personal interest, book, tv ad, tv show, newspaper article, cultural subject,etc..

Rhetorical considerations

Title - should reflect your stand on the issue

audience -  will they agree or will they need convincing. 

Intro -  why you are making the evaluation, your purpose, indicate your conclusion in the begining, set the scene(vivid description)

body - purpose, evaluate the subject to persuade others to agree, use visuals (images) to support claim

voice, tone, and point of view - sarcasim, anger, even tempered, cautious, optimisim, fear, etc..

provide supporting evidence  (facts, statistics, etc..)

conclusion - clearly state your judgement, summarize examples

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