Instructions: Identify a print or digital publication where you hope to pitch your essay. Then, select an op-ed from the publication and complete a brief rhetorical analysis on it. Your response should address several questions including (but not limited to):

• Rhetorical Situation: What problem or issue is the author responding to? How to do you know?
• Author: Who is the author of this op-ed? Are they credible? Why or why not?
• Audience: Who is the targeted audience for this piece? How do you know? What assumptions does the author make about this audience?
• Purpose: What purpose do you believe the author had in mind when they created the text? What rhetorical strategies (logos, pathos, ethos) do they use to do achieve this purpose? How so?
• Stance: What is the author’s stance towards the subject/topic of their piece? How do you know? Does the author offer sound reasons for adopting that stance?