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Requirements:
Each student will write a research paper that provides a rhetorical analysis of an artifact of communication.
The total length should be 8-10 pages and cite a minimum of 10 scholarly sources.
Adhere to the specific requirements of the assignment.
Always submit a Works Cited page, conform to the MLA style

Ask an interesting research question about an artifact
Justify why this research question has rhetorical significance
Justify why the research question has social significance
Preview the main points
Literature Review

Describe the artifact’s rhetor
Review the artifact’s occasion
Identify the likely audience of the artifact
Justify the artifact’s rhetorical significance
Methodology

(Use Burke's Pentad method!) Justify why the method helps answer the research question
Describe the method’s basic assumption and tenets
Identify the unit of analysis of the method
Consultation of scholarly sources 
Analysis

Apply the method’s unit of analysis to the artifact
Discuss the insight the method’s tenets bring to the artifact
Show how the analysis works to answer the research question
Demonstrate an understanding of the rhetorical situation
Conclusion

Justify the social significance of your analysis
Justify the rhetorical significance of your analysis
Offer suggestions for future research
Review your main points

Grading (100 Points):
Meeting the requirements of the assignment.
Strength and sophistication of analysis.
Communicative competence.
Thoroughness of research.