Rubric for Essay #1

HACC English 102
Rubric : Essay #1 Rhetorical Analysis

Reference to writer’s rhetorical strategies: 20
(logos, pathos, ethos, tone, diction, syntax, image, metaphor, sound, instruments, editing effects, etc.)

Specific support/examples from text and video: 20
(quotations from text, descriptions of video images, reference to text/video)

Analysis of support examples: 20
(How do your examples support your thesis? Why did you pick these particular segments/images to discuss? Why did the writer include them? Each detail should reflect back to the thesis.)

Clear thesis dealing with rhetoric: 10

Identification of writer’s argument: 10

Organization: 10

Spelling/Grammar/Punctuation/Mechanics/Page Length: 10



An Easy Way to Organize Your Essay:

1. Introduction/Thesis (1/2 page)
2. Discussion of text's rhetoric with support (at least 1 page)
3. Discussion of video's rhetoric with support (at least 1 page)
4. Conclusion/So what? (1/2 page)