What are you passionate about?

Strategies used include:

·         Logical appeals

·         Emotional appeals

·         Ethical appeals

Devices used include:

·         Conceit

·         Anaphora

·         Allusion

·         Anecdote 

For the first essay, you will focus on using rhetorical elements and their implication in writing. You will answer the following question and develop the answer appropriately:

Your explanation will take the form of an argument in which you work to convince your audience (in this case, other MDC composition students and instructors), through the criteria below, that you as a writer are either successful or unsuccessful in the use of rhetorical strategies (ethos, logos, pathos). You also need to convince your audience that you have a good understanding of the audience, language and manner in which you present your topic as well as the rhetorical terms and concepts necessary to deliver a convincing argument.