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Exercise Four: Prep Work for Letter to an Author (Rhetoric Analysis) ENGH 302 To answer these questions, refer to the article you have chosen to write about for Project One. Be sure to answer each question and upload this completed worksheet to Blackboard, under this assignment category, by the due date. Author’s background to help you write to the intended audience (the author): 1) Write down the author and title of the article: 2) What biographical information can you find about this author? A “surface” search such as reviewing the original publication’s website or a Google search will help you to locate this information. (You will need to know this information in order to understand your intended audience; however, you do NOT need to include this in your letter.) 3) What is the publication’s address (you will use this address in your business letter)? 4) What the author’s motivate for writing this article? Who is the intended audience? (Possible use in your intro—but briefly. However, this information is also what you need to consider as you analyze the author’s writing.) 5) SECTION I. Beginning of your letter: INTRODUCE YOURSELF: Explain to the author the following: —who you are (name, etc.) —why you are writing this letter —why you are interested in this article. YOUR ANSWERS: Note: The aforementioned information will be presented before your thesis. Review Project One’s directions for more details about what you are required to include in your introduction. THESIS:The last line of your first paragraph/introduction: In this section, you are working towards a possible thesis. Your thesis will need to include the claim you make (successful or unsuccessful argument, or even a bit of both) and the reasons for your claim. Your thesis will be the last line or two of your introduction. You will build a thesis using these two main components: 6) THESIS: What is your claim? Is this a well-written argument (successful/unsuccessful/moments of both within the article)? Think about if and how the author achieved his purpose/wrote an effective argument. THESIS COMPONENT ONE: 7) THESIS: What are your reasons (the why or why not): Use rhetorical methods and terms, such as writes to a clear and appropriate intended audience; uses appropriate tone (formal, informal, casual, academic, etc.); the author is trustworthy; uses relevant and current data; presents a strong argument using logos (data, facts, stats), pathos(emotions), ethos (authority, trustworthy), etc. Aim for two to three. THESIS COMPONENT TWO: 8)WHAT IS YOUR FULL THEIS? (This should be the answers to questions five and six combined into about one to two sentences.) SECTION II: BODY OF THE LETTER: THE SUMMARY 9)Briefly summarize the article; show the author you actually read it. Be sure to identify the author’s main points and the author’s purpose for writing. One paragraph is suffice: SECTION III: (body of the letter continued): YOUR ANALYSIS: Rhetorical analysis paragraphs and sub-claims of the thesis. In this next area of the letter, you will focus on the full analysis of rhetorical terms, methods, or modes. These paragraphs should state your reasons from your claim, using rhetorical terms, followed by the discussion of the hows and whys these methods were successful/unsuccessful. As mentioned earlier, possible rhetorical analysis topics/sub-claims could include: writes to a clear and appropriate intended audience; uses appropriate tone (formal, informal, casual, academic, etc...); the author is trustworthy; uses relevant and current data; presents a strong argument using logos (data, facts, stats), pathos (emotional), ethos (authority, trustworthy), etc. Note: In the final version of your project, this section will begin in paragraph three and last through paragraph six). 10a) Rhetorical term/method to be covered in this paragraph: b) The working topic sentence: c) Examples/evidence from the article that support your topic sentence/show the rhetorical method used: d) Analysis (So what,