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Yоur tаsk is tо rhetоricаlly аnalyze the article "Fracking: A Fable" (click here to access the article digitally) or access via your Practical Argument textbook on pp. 504-506. This article was written by Barbara Hurd (a female) for Brevity (a journal of literary nonfiction). Write a rhetorical analysis of between 500-750 words in MLA format. (You must have a minimum of three paragraphs.) To write an effective rhetorical analysis, Open the rhetorical analysis by stating the article title, the author, and the type of writing. Place this in the context of an academic introduction paragraph, with a clear thesis statement. Use your own words to analyze the effectiveness of the author's writing. As you do, you can consider any of the following: the author's target audience, thesis statement, organization, evidence, word choice, stylistic techniques, and means of persuasion (logos, pathos, ethos). Maintain a neutral, fair tone. Use third person present tense. Close your rhetorical analysis with a concluding paragraph that comments on the overall effectiveness/ineffectiveness of the author's writing and that draws a larger context for why analysis like this matters. Please proofread and edit your summary carefully. To help you analyze, you must incorporate at least one paraphrase or direct quotation with an accompanying parenthetical citation in your paper, followed by a proper Works Cited page at the end of the paper. Remember to appropriately credit both of these components in MLA format. Here is the Works Cited entry you will use at the end: Hurd, Barbara. "Fracking: A Fable." Practical Argument: A Text and Anthology, 5th ed., edited by Laurie G. Kirszner and Stephen R. Mandell. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2023. pp. 504-506. This citation will not count as part of your 500-750 word count. When you are ready, submit your summary. Good luck, and I look forward to reading it!
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