This paper assignment asks you to explore the claims of a rhetorical theory covered in the course by applying them to an outside rhetorical situation, event, or text of your choice. Specifically, you will advance an argument that examines the ways in which a specific rhetorical theory can be applied to a concrete event/situation/text found in an external article (newspaper, magazine, or television news) or rhetorical artifact (speech, song, film, television show, etc.This paper assignment asks you to explore the claims of a rhetorical theory covered in the course by applying them to an outside rhetorical situation, event, or text of your choice. Specifically, you will advance an argument that examines the ways in which a specific rhetorical theory can be applied to a concrete event/situation/text found in an external article (newspaper, magazine, or television news) or rhetorical artifact (speech, song, film, television show, etc.