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As a class assignment, we were to read five different rhetorical, persuasive, argumentative peices and examine their use of rhetoric to determine if it was an effective peice or not. We then chose one article to to write an essay on to discuss its rhetorical effectiveness. I had decided to write my essay on the article that I saw as the most effective as oppossed to the least. We brought our first drats into class, disscussed the articles, and had a peer editing/review session. We took into consider what our classmates said about our drafts and set to work developing our 3 page essay. Once we were confident with that work, we submitted it to our professor and awaited feedback. In regards to both peer editors and my professor, I did not

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