Develop and support a thesis based on your clever reading of David Wallace Wells' “The Uninhabitable Earth” and in answer to one of the prompts below:

1. Discuss Wallace-Wells' use of rhetorical appeals (ethos, logos, and pathos). How does he use credibility, logic, and emotion in argument? Focusing especially on logos and pathos, what is effective or ineffective (persuasive or not persuasive) about his appeals to readers’ logic and emotion? 

2. Discuss the style of Wallace-Wells' text. What is effective or ineffective about the style and structure of the text? Consider specifically his tone, his use

   of figurative language (e.g., metaphors), his word choices, his sentence style,

   devices (e.g., analogies), or any other textual features that stand out to you while reading.

You might also consider what consequences might follow from Wallace-Wells’ message or style of delivering it. In other words, what might be the effects of his text on readers?

Don’t shy away from contrast in your analysis: some elements of the text may be rhetorically effective while others might not. A quality analysis will speak to such complexities in its argument.

Students are expected to include the following elements in their rhetorical analysis: 

• A brief description or summary of the assigned text 
• A clear response to the selected prompt in the form of a thesis statement (a debatable claim that presents keywords and reasons, located in the introductory paragraph) 
• 1 - 2 Body paragraphs that develop and advance the thesis by way of claims, reasons, and examples and that follow the persuasive paragraph structure discussed in lessons. A body paragraph should be 4-8 sentences long. 
• A brief conclusion that sums up the analysis and leaves readers with some larger point to ponder