Select a topic that sparks local or national debate.

Select a topic that sparks local or national debate.

1.Select a topic that sparks local or national debate. Without revealing your position on the issue, pick one side of the debate to analyze and identify, with evidence of each:
that side’s claim,
the evidence they use to support their claim,
the assumptions held by its supporters, and
the rhetorical appeals (ethos, logos, pathos, etc.) used by that side.
2.Upload (or link to) an editorial cartoon addressing a current issue. Identify the widely held assumption challenged by the cartoon.

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