Rhetorical Analysis

For this week's blog posting, I would like for you to visit the Student Pulse website and choose an essay (from the English subject category) to analyze rhetorically.  Use the questions and concepts that you were given in class in order to guide your writing.

The purpose of this assignment is to begin thinking critically about what decent academic writing entails.  I want you to consider the rhetorical dimensions of writing rather than merely staying focused on matters of "correctness" (grammar, punctuation, CD CM patterns, or whatever).  The idea is to figure out the norms and expectations associated with this genre.

One big question that I am looking for you to answer with this analysis is whether the essays found on Student Pulse contradict any of the "rules" you have been told to follow.  Does the essay that you've chosen to analyze surprise you in any way?  Does it do things that might seem unconventional?

Please create a sustained piece of writing.  Do not just number the page and answer the questions that I gave you in class.  Just use the questions as a heuristic--a way of generating ideas.  

This posting should be about 500 - 600 words (that's about two double spaced pages).  It should also contain a LINK to the article that you have chosen to analyze.  This is due Tuesday (9/6) before you arrive in class.