Rhetorical Analysis: Student Debt

This semester in English 105 I had to write three papers. The three papers were rhetorical analysis, argumentative documented argument. Each paper had a different concept. The first paper we did was an argument analysis of “What We hunger For” from the book, “Bad feminist”. The second paper was a rhetorical analysis of an article, “Student Debt”. The last paper was a documented argument paper. In this paper, I define a problem that exists and did research to propose a solution, shows the solution will work and lastly show that the solution is feasible. To get these full five pages I had to make sure I provide a lot of details when analyzing the text and proving the claims that were presented. These papers were difficult and push me to work hard and do my best.

The first paper that appears in my portfolio is my argument analysis. This paper is about one of Roxane Gay personal essay in the book, Bad feminist. The essay is called “Who We Hunger For” is based on Gay telling a story about how she had to endure being rape as a teen. Gay Claims that through the use of young adult literature and movies that speaks of true experience and accomplish can be used to unlocked and resolve the dark past of young adults. Through chronological order to I was able to present

This paper is about student debt preventing students from attending and graduating college. The point of this paper was to analyze “Student Debt” article and explain how the author's argument appeals to ethos, logos and pathos. In my paper, the author claim “many students face a stark choice: go to college and acquire a mountain of debt that will come due right after graduation, or forgo college altogether” (42). By presenting Log, ethos and pathos in this order, I was able to support and provide evidence of the author claims. The strength of my essay lies in the use of my appeals. While on the other hand I lack grammars and proofreading