Opinion Blog Post

For this one, I want you to find an opinion piece you think is well written, engaging, and persuasive. Topic doesn't matter. Link the piece you use to the blog post. Briefly summarize the author's position, then break it down, paragraph by paragraph, identifying the kind of evidence/support the writer uses. You may find some that doesn't fit neatly into one of the categories we discussed in class. If so, just describe it. Most persuasive rhetorical moves will "fit" into "facts", "judgments", "statistics", "anecdotes", etc. I also want you to highlight any objections the writer acknowledges as well as any concessions the writer makes to the "other side". Are these implied or explicit? Simply not there? I will TRY to put up a sample analysis pretty soon for you to use as a guide. Look at the handout "Forms of Evidence" in BB's "Content" for help.