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We will discuss each of your full rough drafts of the Rhetorical Analysis Essay in this discussion assignment. Please take care to read the lectures in preparation for completing the draft. You should pay close attention to the overview of writing a rhetorical analysis essay that is offered in chapter 8, "Analyzing Arguments Rhetorically," of Writing Arguments.
Using the South University Online Library, locate an article that presents an argument on a controversial topic. The SIRS researcher, mentioned in the lecture
"Researching in the Online Library," is a good resource for current, controversial topics. After you have located your article, examine its rhetorical effectiveness.
• What strategies does the author use to persuade the target audience?
• How does the author appeal to logos and pathos?
• How would you characterize the author’s ethos?
Assignment Guidelines:
The rough draft of your essay should contain an introduction, a brief summary of the article you are analyzing, a detailed rhetorical analysis of the article’s argument, and a well-developed conclusion.
• In your introduction, define the context of the argument and explain why the topic is controversial. Be sure to include a thesis statement at the end of your introduction. Your thesis should highlight two or more rhetorical features that are central to the argument’s overall effectiveness or ineffectiveness.
• Next, provide a short summary of the article’s argument to prepare readers for your analysis.
• Your rhetorical analysis of the argument should support the claims you make in your thesis statement. You should present and evaluate the rhetorical strategies used by the author to appeal to his or her target audience.
• Your conclusion should summarize the main points of your analysis and bring the essay to an effective close.
ARTICLE
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Pro-choice vs. pro-life:
[FINAL Edition]
By Grace Macaluso Star Staff Reporter. The Windsor Star [Windsor, Ont] 24 July 1989: B1.
ABSTRACT SUMMARY
[Barbara Dodd], 22, entered the national spotlight after her former boyfriend, Gregory Murphy, won a court injunction to prevent her from terminating her 15-week-old pregnancy. The injunction was overturned July 11, and within hours Dodd had an abortion. But last Tuesday, Dodd and Murphy called a news conference in which she expressed regret for having the procedure and said she was under pressure from pro-choice groups.
Janet Greene-Potomski, director of the local Women's Incentive Centre, says Dodd "was not the best example of a woman's right to control her body. This whole issue has nothing to do with abortion. It has to do with male domination. Unfortunately, women like Dodd are often confused about what they want. She made every indication she wanted an abortion but she's being controlled by this Murphy fellow."
Still, [Beryl Caves] is reluctant to hold up the Dodd story as a clear example of why abortion should be outlawed. "It's not a straightforward case," she admits. "We're not as comfortable with it as we'd like to be. We know that she (Dodd) wanted an abortion and that she's had two previous abortions."
By Grace Macaluso Star Staff Reporter. The Windsor Star [Windsor, Ont] 24 July 1989: B1.
ABSTRACT SUMMARY
[Barbara Dodd], 22, entered the national spotlight after her former boyfriend, Gregory Murphy, won a court injunction to prevent her from terminating her 15-week-old pregnancy. The injunction was overturned July 11, and within hours Dodd had an abortion. But last Tuesday, Dodd and Murphy called a news conference in which she expressed regret for having the procedure and said she was under pressure from pro-choice groups.
Janet Greene-Potomski, director of the local Women's Incentive Centre, says Dodd "was not the best example of a woman's right to control her body. This whole issue has nothing to do with abortion. It has to do with male domination. Unfortunately, women like Dodd are often confused about what they want. She made every indication she wanted an abortion but she's being controlled by this Murphy fellow."
Still, [Beryl Caves] is reluctant to hold up the Dodd story as a clear example of why abortion should be outlawed. "It's not a straightforward case," she admits. "We're not as comfortable with it as we'd like to be. We know that she (Dodd) wanted an abortion and that she's had two previous abortions."
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Published with "Where it's done in Windsor area"
AS THE PRO-LIFE movement celebrates the latest chapter in the Barbara Dodd case, pro-choice activists anxiously await the fallout from the sensational drama that culminated last week with the Toronto woman's recanting of her abortion.
"I'm getting nervous about the backlash of this case," says Pat Noonan, a local feminist. "We're hearing more talk about men's property rights and about men laying claim to the fetus."
Dodd, 22, entered the national spotlight after her former boyfriend, Gregory Murphy, won a court injunction to prevent her from terminating her 15-week-old pregnancy. The injunction was overturned July 11, and within hours Dodd had an abortion. But last Tuesday, Dodd and Murphy called a news conference in which she expressed regret for having the procedure and said she was under pressure from pro-choice groups.
Janet Greene-Potomski, director of the local Women's Incentive Centre, says Dodd "was not the best example of a woman's right to control her body. This whole issue has nothing to do with abortion. It has to do with male domination. Unfortunately, women like Dodd are often confused about what they want. She made every indication she wanted an abortion but she's being controlled by this Murphy fellow."
GREENE-POTOMSKI says she fears pro-life groups will try to capitalize on Dodd's claims that she was manipulated by pro-choice activists. "Anti-choice can play on this and say 'see, those people really are pro-abortion.' "
Beryl Caves, president of the Right To Life Association of Windsor and Area, applauds Dodd for exposing a hidden side of the abortion issue. "I think what she's done is that for the first time we've had someone saying 'I've had an abortion and I've regretted it.' "
Caves says she believes Dodd's claims that she was rushed into Dr. Henry Morgentaler's clinic after the injunction was overturned. "I don't think this case has shown them (pro-choice activists) in a terribly good light. Everyone was shocked at what speed the abortion was done. It seemed indecent haste."
Still, Caves is reluctant to hold up the Dodd story as a clear example of why abortion should be outlawed. "It's not a straightforward case," she admits. "We're not as comfortable with it as we'd like to be. We know that she (Dodd) wanted an abortion and that she's had two previous abortions."
BUT SHE DOESN'T question Dodd's flip flop, saying "it's not uncommon for women to experience regret after an abortion. She's brought the issue of post-abortion syndrome out in the open." Dodd, who has said she wants to join the pro-life faction, "might be a good counsellor for women who've had abortions."
The abortion issue is sure to stay on the front pages with a similar case in Quebec involving 21-year-old Chantal Daigle, who is appealing a judge's decision blocking her from terminating her 20-week-old pregnancy. In Ottawa, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has pledged to introduce a new abortion law in the fall. And closer to home, former Morgentaler associate, Dr. Leslie Smoling of Woodstock, is considering setting up an abortion clinic in Windsor.
"People are thunderstruck," says Caves. "But they're rejoicing. They're saying 'let's hear it for the fathers, they are entitled to their rights and the right to protect the unborn child."
Meanwhile, in the offices of pro-choice groups across the country, activists like Greene-Potomski are gearing up for yet another fight. "I'm very worried," she says. "What I have seen is that women are comfortable in their right to abortion, and they don't understand it can be taken away very easily."
Random sample shows 2 opinions
Do husbands or boyfriends have the right to stop women from having abortions? Here's what some people in Windsor have to say:
Jane VanBuskirk, civil servant: "No, I believe women should have the right to make the decision themselves. It's not up to the courts, it's up to the woman and the man doesn't really have the right at that point."
Ross LeClair, government worker: "No, they don't. A woman has the right to decide what she wants to do with her body."
Debbie Gray, student: "No, the woman is the one who will have to carry the baby and go through labor and if that's not what she wants, then I don't think a husband or boyfriend has the right to say 'I still want you to go through labor.' "
Mike Crowley, city employee: "I think maybe husbands are different than boyfriends because there's marriage and commitment to both people, that's somewhat different. Ultimately it has to be the woman's decision, but I think the husband should have a little more input into whether or not they have it."
Rick Geauvreau, autoworker: "Yes, I think the guy should have some say if it's a serious relationship."
Kevin McNorton, student: "Yes, I think he has just as much right to the unborn child as the woman does. It takes two to make a child."
Judie Woodward, educator: "No, I think the woman should have the right to make her decision. It's her body."
Illustration
Black & White Photo; Black & White Photo; BARBARA DODD: Flip-flopped on the issue; PF GREGORY MURPHY: Sought, won, then lost injunction; PF
Word count: 866
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(Copyright The Windsor Star)
Grace Macaluso Star,Staff Reporter. (1989, Jul 24). Pro-choice vs. pro-life. The Windsor Star. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/253777161?accountid=87314
FULL TEXT
Published with "Where it's done in Windsor area"
AS THE PRO-LIFE movement celebrates the latest chapter in the Barbara Dodd case, pro-choice activists anxiously await the fallout from the sensational drama that culminated last week with the Toronto woman's recanting of her abortion.
"I'm getting nervous about the backlash of this case," says Pat Noonan, a local feminist. "We're hearing more talk about men's property rights and about men laying claim to the fetus."
Dodd, 22, entered the national spotlight after her former boyfriend, Gregory Murphy, won a court injunction to prevent her from terminating her 15-week-old pregnancy. The injunction was overturned July 11, and within hours Dodd had an abortion. But last Tuesday, Dodd and Murphy called a news conference in which she expressed regret for having the procedure and said she was under pressure from pro-choice groups.
Janet Greene-Potomski, director of the local Women's Incentive Centre, says Dodd "was not the best example of a woman's right to control her body. This whole issue has nothing to do with abortion. It has to do with male domination. Unfortunately, women like Dodd are often confused about what they want. She made every indication she wanted an abortion but she's being controlled by this Murphy fellow."
GREENE-POTOMSKI says she fears pro-life groups will try to capitalize on Dodd's claims that she was manipulated by pro-choice activists. "Anti-choice can play on this and say 'see, those people really are pro-abortion.' "
Beryl Caves, president of the Right To Life Association of Windsor and Area, applauds Dodd for exposing a hidden side of the abortion issue. "I think what she's done is that for the first time we've had someone saying 'I've had an abortion and I've regretted it.' "
Caves says she believes Dodd's claims that she was rushed into Dr. Henry Morgentaler's clinic after the injunction was overturned. "I don't think this case has shown them (pro-choice activists) in a terribly good light. Everyone was shocked at what speed the abortion was done. It seemed indecent haste."
Still, Caves is reluctant to hold up the Dodd story as a clear example of why abortion should be outlawed. "It's not a straightforward case," she admits. "We're not as comfortable with it as we'd like to be. We know that she (Dodd) wanted an abortion and that she's had two previous abortions."
BUT SHE DOESN'T question Dodd's flip flop, saying "it's not uncommon for women to experience regret after an abortion. She's brought the issue of post-abortion syndrome out in the open." Dodd, who has said she wants to join the pro-life faction, "might be a good counsellor for women who've had abortions."
The abortion issue is sure to stay on the front pages with a similar case in Quebec involving 21-year-old Chantal Daigle, who is appealing a judge's decision blocking her from terminating her 20-week-old pregnancy. In Ottawa, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has pledged to introduce a new abortion law in the fall. And closer to home, former Morgentaler associate, Dr. Leslie Smoling of Woodstock, is considering setting up an abortion clinic in Windsor.
"People are thunderstruck," says Caves. "But they're rejoicing. They're saying 'let's hear it for the fathers, they are entitled to their rights and the right to protect the unborn child."
Meanwhile, in the offices of pro-choice groups across the country, activists like Greene-Potomski are gearing up for yet another fight. "I'm very worried," she says. "What I have seen is that women are comfortable in their right to abortion, and they don't understand it can be taken away very easily."
Random sample shows 2 opinions
Do husbands or boyfriends have the right to stop women from having abortions? Here's what some people in Windsor have to say:
Jane VanBuskirk, civil servant: "No, I believe women should have the right to make the decision themselves. It's not up to the courts, it's up to the woman and the man doesn't really have the right at that point."
Ross LeClair, government worker: "No, they don't. A woman has the right to decide what she wants to do with her body."
Debbie Gray, student: "No, the woman is the one who will have to carry the baby and go through labor and if that's not what she wants, then I don't think a husband or boyfriend has the right to say 'I still want you to go through labor.' "
Mike Crowley, city employee: "I think maybe husbands are different than boyfriends because there's marriage and commitment to both people, that's somewhat different. Ultimately it has to be the woman's decision, but I think the husband should have a little more input into whether or not they have it."
Rick Geauvreau, autoworker: "Yes, I think the guy should have some say if it's a serious relationship."
Kevin McNorton, student: "Yes, I think he has just as much right to the unborn child as the woman does. It takes two to make a child."
Judie Woodward, educator: "No, I think the woman should have the right to make her decision. It's her body."
Illustration
Black & White Photo; Black & White Photo; BARBARA DODD: Flip-flopped on the issue; PF GREGORY MURPHY: Sought, won, then lost injunction; PF
Word count: 866
Show less
(Copyright The Windsor Star)
Grace Macaluso Star,Staff Reporter. (1989, Jul 24). Pro-choice vs. pro-life. The Windsor Star. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/253777161?accountid=87314
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