Assignment Task: Write a full 3 to 4 page rhetorical analysis paper on "How it Feels to be Colored Me" by Zora Neale Hurston or "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain" by Langston Hughes. The Works Cited page is numbered but is not included in the page requirements for the paper.
- Analyze the rhetoric in the primary source using the Rhetorical Triangle and/or literary devices.
- Follow the structure of the sample thesis in the outline.
- Include at least two items of support in each body paragraph/chunk
- Avoid using the personal pronoun.
- Follow the MLA style for format
Rhetorical Analysis Paper Outline:
I. Introduction: The introduction should be one paragraph long in short papers (i.e., all papers for this course)
A. Context or background information
B. Thesis--Sample thesis: In The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, the development of Bilbo Baggins from homebody to hero is portrayed through imagery and symbolism. Sample thesis: In The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, Bilbo Baggins develops from homebody to hero. This is portrayed through imagery and symbolism. Use this thesis "In The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain," Langston Hughes expresses pride in being Black and encourages Black artists to embrace their identity. This message is conveyed through the use of powerful metaphors, vivid imagery, and rhetorical appeals to ethos and identity."
The thesis contains the title(s) of the primary source(s) and the main point about the primary source(s). For this course, your thesis will have sub-points (no more than 3 rhetorical analysis elements and/or literary devices).
(Note that a forecasting statement predicts the organization of the paper, so the forecasting statement is a thesis with sub-points. The sub-points in a thesis are addressed in the body of the paper in the same order that the sub-points are presented in the thesis. In the second sample thesis, the forecasting is the second sentence.) Need Assignment Help?
II. First Body Paragraph/Chunk
A. Topic Sentence (transition): Sample topic sentence: In The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, the development of Bilbo Baggins from homebody to hero is portrayed through imagery.
B. Show how The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, the development of Bilbo Baggins from homebody to hero is portrayed through imagery.
C. Add support using the source integration formula. For each item of evidence, explain how the literary device is exemplified by that evidence and then how that literary device in the evidence supports the main thesis point.
III. Second Body Paragraph/Chunk
A. Topic Sentence (transition): Sample topic sentence: In The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, the development of Bilbo Baggins from homebody to hero is communicated through symbolism.
B. Show how The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, the development of Bilbo Baggins from homebody to hero is portrayed through symbolism.
C. Add support using the source integration formula. For each item of evidence, explain how the literary device is exemplified by that evidence and then how that literary device in the evidence supports the main thesis point.
*Add more paragraphs as necessary
IV. Conclusion
A. Creatively restate thesis
B. End on a final note
C. Hughes, Langston. "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain".
D. Hurston, Zora Neale. "How it Feels to be Colored Me".