Read “The Right to Self Defense – Hitler” and analyze it for rhetorical effectiv
Read “The Right to Self Defense – Hitler” and analyze it for rhetorical effectiveness. His Main Claim is that Germany has a right to defend itself against France, and that the German people should resist France’s economic oppression. What are his Reasonings? What Rhetorical Strategies make up those Reasonings, and most importantly, are those Rhetorical Strategies actually Rhetorical Fallacies? If they are, what makes them Fallacies? If they are not, what makes them Strategies? Is his argument one that should be listened to, logically? If you like, you can look up context to see what was going on around the time of writing Mein Kampf, but it’s not entirely necessary.
Avoid telling me that Hitler is using Fallacies because he’s wrong, or because you disagree with him. Also, avoid arguing against him. We all know that Hitler was terrible, and that he advocated for terrible things, but if you find his argument logically ineffective, tell me WHY it is logically ineffective.
The “Fallacies Worksheet” and the “Rhetorical Fallacies” list may prove very useful to you in this endeavor. Here is the rubric:
A – Student has turned in a paper before the cut-off point that is full-length, with minimal formatting or grammatical issues and conforming to the standard MLA format, and including (if required) a Works Cited page. The student’s analysis demonstrates understanding and mastery of Rhetorical Strategies, Modes, and the Toulmin Method. The paper only briefly summarizes the author’s points in order to analyze them. Analysis effectively supports a claim (about the level of persuasiveness shown by the argument being analyzed), and would convince an unbiased but rhetorically educated audience to agree with that claim through careful and logical argumentation.
B – The student’s analysis demonstrates understanding of Rhetorical Strategies, Modes, and the Toulmin Method. There may be equal parts of summary as analysis. The analysis effectively supports a claim (about the level of persuasiveness shown by the argument being analyzed), and would convince an unbiased but rhetorically educated audience to agree with that claim through careful and logical argumentation. Formatting or grammatical errors may be keeping this from an A grade. If the paper is no more than half-a-page too short, is missing a Works Cited page, has regular formatting or grammatical issues, or was turned in late, it cannot receive a higher grade than a B. Multiple errors in the aforementioned regards may take the grade down even further.
C – The student’s analysis demonstrates adequate understanding of Rhetorical Strategies, Modes, and the Toulmin Method, but the analysis may be flawed in some way. If the paper has an abundance of summary with very little analysis, or if the analysis shown is brief and vague, or if the analysis shows elements of circular reasoning, it cannot receive a grade higher than a C. Additionally, if the paper is less than a full page short but greater than half-a-page, or was turned in more than a day late, it cannot receive a grade higher than a C. Lastly, if the paper has multiple examples of the following—is missing a Works Cited page, or has significant formatting or grammatical issues, or does not conform to standard MLA formatting—it cannot receive a grade higher than a C.
D – The paper is entirely summary, is greater than a page too short, or includes many-to-all of the issues mentioned in the previous entries: formatting and grammatical issues, missing a Works Cited page, late, and not conforming to MLA format. If the paper was turned in more than two days after the cut-off point, it cannot receive a higher grade than a D.
F – The paper is less than half the length required, or was not turned in within four days of the cut-off point. This could also be applied to a paper that has evidence of plagiarism or academic dishonesty in general. This could also be applied to a paper that is unrelated to the actual prompt.