A Rhetorical
Analysis of the core reading you wrote about for Writing Project 1
Part one:
· Minimum 150
words (successful cover letters are often longer)
· Address
letter to your instructor
· Answer at
least 3 of the 6 questions below (where applicable) provide brief, specific
examples of the following in your cover letter:
o What is your
primary motivation or purpose for writing your draft? Who is your intended
audience? What revisions did you make in order to improve how you accomplish
this purpose and/or appeal to this audience?
o What
feedback did you receive from your peers? How did you use this feedback to
revise your draft? How do these revisions improve your draft?
o What
feedback did you receive from other sources, such as your instructor or tutors?
How did you use this feedback to revise your draft? How do these revisions
improve your draft?
o What have
you decided to revise in your draft, apart from feedback you received? Why? How
do these revisions improve your draft?
o What
problems or challenges did you encounter while writing or revising your draft?
How did you solve them?
o What
valuable lessons about writing effectively have you learned as a result of
composing this project?
Place the cover
letter at the beginning of your final draft, before the first page of your
actual composition; delete your purpose statement
part two:
·· A Rhetorical Analysis of the
core reading you wrote about for Writing Project 1
· Clear
identification, early in the draft, of the core reading by full author name and
full article title (following MLA or APA style for formatting titles) and brief
overview of the article’s content (This is usually part of the introduction.)
· Clearly
developed thesis statement making a claim about the purpose or effectiveness of
rhetorical features of the core reading
· Well-reasoned
analysis of the core reading’s rhetorical strategies, supported with evidence
· Use of at
least one additional source found using the Ivy Tech Virtual Library databases.
· Use of at
least 10 quotes (words, phrases, or key sentences) and/or paraphrases (key
details or ideas rephrased in your own words), of the core reading and/or your
additional outside source, cited using correct in-text citations
· APA or MLA
manuscript style, as specified by your instructor, with in-text citations and a
References or Works Cited list that includes ALL sources used. (References or
Works Cited list does not count in the minimum word-count requirement)
· Observation
of the conventions of Standard English
1000 words minimum for
final draft (the minimum 150 words for the cover letter is not included in this
count)
I will upload the sample
paper
