Objective: Write a complex, yet concise thesis for your rhetorical Analysis essay Directions: Linked below is a document outlining the Rhetorical Thesis statement Do’s and Don’ts. Please review the document first! Practice writing multiple options for your thesis Post a thesis for your chosen documentary. Rhetorical Analysis Thesis Do’s and Don’t’s Remember to include: 1. Your claim (what and who is the documentary try to persuade?) 2. HOW is it persuading (in other words, what rhetorical devices are being used…without using the words, ethos, pathos and logos) 3. The effectiveness or in-effectiveness 4. The Audience while 2 of the samples below identify “viewers” as the audience, how can you be more specific when identifying YOUR audience? Below are some Sample Student Thesis Statements: (can you recognize each part?) The documentary film Paris to Pittsburgh touches on global temperature matters that appeal an American audience and successfully informs them about global temperature danger; the director uses strong estimable officials to build credibility, analytical data to back up arguments, tragic stories to invoke empathy, but by using heavy emotional appeal the message in fact becomes weaker. Take Your Pills, attempts to persuade its viewers that prescription stimulants, specifically amphetamines, have a dangerous side to their performance-enhancing effects by combining emotionally-filled testimonials from consumers with facts about the drug and expert interviews. However, it is unsuccessful at convincing the audience of its “dark side” by creating an alluring image to this magic pill. Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite effectively persuades viewers of the film that keeping killer whales captive is gravely wrong and inhumane through the use of many forms of visual and factual appeals of the whales and their actions toward trainers over the past few decades.