Assignment Task:
Compose writing in which you DISCUSS THREE of the nine following rhetorical elements in Alice Wong's "The Last Straw": rhetor, audience, exigence, constraints, context, text, and the rhetorical appeals used in it.
Review: "The Last Straw"
Compose the thesis statement and topic sentences for it and identify each of the THREE chosen elements of the rhetorical situation in which the text was created (rhetor, context, exigence, audience, constraints, text, as well as the rhetorical appeals used in it).
Get more specific. For each item on your outline/list, include its definition in your own words, its description, and the importance or relevance of that specific element in that specific text. This means that each section will be more like a substantial paragraph and less like a sentence or two. As an example, in the section discussing a rhetor you could write, Rhetor is Walt Mossberg; however, such response does not meet the requirements because it lacks your required definition of the term rhetor as well as your discussion of that rhetorical element and its role in the text.
Consider what you discovered rhetorically about the article by completing this rhetorical analysis. Add this brief concluding reflection of 300-400 words to your writing, explaining the value of performing this kind of analysis.
Keep in mind that you are not being asked to discuss or summarize the subject of plastic straws and their environmental impact or even Alice Wong, but your reaction to applying rhetoric to reading and analyzing Wong's article.