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As you’re preparing to transform your research writing to make a well-informed argument for a more public audience, you might take some time to seek out editorial topics on similar topics. For this activity, read and analyze the editorial you found as your homework assignment and respond using these following questions to guide you (use quotes or other text evidence for support when you can):

1. Provide a link to the editorial article you used for this assignment.

• How does the piece set up its introduction? Do you understand the argument from the beginning? Why? Try to find the thesis.

• How much of this piece is personal opinion? How much is grounded in research? What do you know about the author’s credibility?

• How do you see the writer using ethos, pathos, logos? Try to identify at least one example of each.

• Where do you see elements of narrative or storytelling? Evaluate how it is used. What does it do for your understanding as a reader?

• How do you see conversation as a part of this piece? Do you notice the writer “talking to” the reader, to other writers, or to someone else? Does it seem to be specifically addressing someone(s)? Who?

• How does this piece offer a new, interesting, or hidden perspective on the topic?

• Who are the stakeholders for this piece? Who is the intended audience? Are they the same? Why do you think this?

• How are the arguments arranged? Do all the claims have clear support (evidence)? Which claims do and which claims don’t?

1. How does the piece conclude? How does the author “prove” the thesis?

1. Did you find the piece convincing? Why or why not?

1. After you have spent some time reading, thinking, and reflecting on these questions, consider which aspects of this analysis you might bring to your own editorial writing. What “moves” or qualities would you like to try out? In what ways might reading this example inform your editorial writing?

1. Write a 350 word response analyzing the editorial you chose and how it helps inform the writing of your editorial for this class. What are your likes and dislikes (things you may want to imitate or don’t want to imitate)? What sort of tone, organization, and approach do you want to take in your editorial – how does the editorial you’ve chosen to analyze impact this?

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