In this essay, you will be critically evaluating a classic argument.

Critical Evaluation Essay Structure

Thesis statement: Lincoln (whatever author you choose) used ethos when…used pathos when…used logos when….

Para 2: Ethos

Para 3: Logos

Para 4: Pathos

Para 5: Conclusion

ethos (credibility), pathos (emotion), and logos (fact)

Place your thesis as the last sentence of the first paragraph. (Google Funnel Introduction paragraph)

When you have a thesis with matching body paragraphs, this is called the 5 paragraph essay structure.

Choose one argument from the historic American works listed in the “Supplemental Readings” section of the course lessons. Decide whether this argument is successful or not. If you decide this essay is successful, discuss why. You may use the structure of the argument, the tone, and the various types of support (ethos, pathos, and logos) as proof of the argument’s success. Make sure that your thesis has an introduction that contains a hook and a thesis, body paragraphs that discuss one proof at a time (one paragraph per example), and a conclusion. If you decide that the essay is not successful, then discuss the fallacies that the argument makes. You are still required to have a strong introduction (hook and thesis), body paragraphs that discuss one fallacy at a time, and a conclusion. You may also discuss how the essay is successful with reservations. In this case, point to both the support and the fallacies you have found in the work.

This paper should be at least 700 words, but no more than 850. The paper should be formatted correctly MLA style and written in third person (do not use the words I, me, us, we, or you). The essay should also contain citations and a works cited list based on your selected essay in the assigned readings. Formulate the structured response from your own close reading of the text. Do not use outside sources (open Web) without explicit permission from the instructor.

READING ASSIGNMENT:

http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/wiesel.htm

MLA FORMAT EXAMPLE – https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/m…