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Choose one of the two possible options for this project described below. Both options call for you to produce a thesis-driven argument. Both require research to support your argument, though both ask for the primary focus to be on your own argument and your engagement with our primary course texts. The project must be 10 pages. Option A: Rhetorical Analysis The aim of this option is to apply concepts drawn from the rhetorical theory we have read to analyze a speech performance or text. A rhetorical analysis aims to explain the persuasiveness of a text or performance by unraveling how and why a text or performance has been put together the way it has. How did the rhetoric attempt (consciously or not and successfully or not) to persuade his or her intended audience? What effects may the text have had on its intended audience and why? The short chapter by Jack Selzer I am sharing provides an excellent overview of the kinds of questions to ask when writing a rhetorical analysis and the kinds of things to look for in a text that may be worthy of analysis, but do not feel limited by his guidance. You should draw from our course readings to explain what you see in the text you select. This means you should draw both quotes and paraphrases from our course readings that you find useful to explain what you see happening in a text. In other words, use the rhetorical theory we have read as a lens through which to read and interpret at text. While a rhetorical analysis analyzes how an argument works, it is also itself an argument. You should aim to make a persuasive case to your readers that what you see happening in a text is plausible. You should make claims and support them with good reasons and textual evidence. Research may be important for a thorough rhetorical analysis. You may find it helpful to learn more about the rhetor and about the context of the text/speech. Knowing more about the rhetorical situation (the audience, the topic, the reputation and circumstances of the rhetor) can help you better understand and unpack any rhetorical performance. You are also encouraged to see if others have rhetorically analyzed the text and place your own analysis in conversation with theirs. I am providing several options of texts from Greek antiquity for you to select from, but you are welcome to select any other text/performance you wish from any time or place. To select a different text, I ask you identify the text and explain your reasons for wishing to analyze it at the topic proposal stage.Option B: Seminar Paper Tracing a Concept or Issue across Texts and Rhetoricians The aim of this option is for you to develop an argument about the significance of a concept or idea across one or more texts we have read this semester. For example, how is the concept of ethos treated across rhetoricians? Or what is the significance of the comparisons used to describe rhetoric in ancient Greek rhetorical theory? This option is your chance to trace and develop an analysis of any recurrent concept or problem you find in one or more of our assigned texts. You should aim to make a persuasive case to your readers that what you see happening in the texts is plausible. You should make claims and support them with good reasons and textual evidence. Research can support your work on this project in a variety of ways. You may be able to put your ideas and observations in conversation with what other scholars have said about the texts and authors we read. You may be able to learn more about the context of the texts we read and other works our authors wrote, which may yield insights that help you support your claims.