Homework 2 Argument and Persuasion (TCC)

Please choose ONE of the following documentaries to focus on for your Rhetorical Analysis Essay assignment. It would be a good idea to preview all films (I have linked to the trailers posted on youtube) in order to select the one that most appeals to you. Most of these can be located on Netflix; several of them are available through a streaming database in our library; some are available in DVD form at the Reserves desk of TCC Library.

* on Netflix; DVD on Reserve at TCC Library and Streaming evideo available through TCC Library.

Fed Up (Links to an external site.)(sugar as a cause of obesity)

Once you have already selected and viewed your documentary film at least once, you will (1) have to have summarize its rhetorical situation (author, audience, message, context), (2) review the film and take notes observing the rhetorical strategies used in the film.

For the notes, I am assigning you this note-taking worksheet to record your observations and generate concrete examples for your analysis. Here, for example, is a completed worksheet done by a former student.