Rhetorical Analysis Outline

       I.         Introduction

A.     Ongoing Idea of Environmentally-Friendly Cars

·        Facts on Hybrid Cars

·        Arguments about the subject

B.     Thesis; The writer demonstrates clear understanding of how the usage of hybrid and electric cars outweighs the production of the car and outweighs the usage of gasoline cars

     II.          Argument for hybrid cars

A.     Why is it good?

1.      Environment

·        Environmental Costs and benefit to the costs

2.      Physique

·        Engine differences

3.      (Another Idea)

    III.          Argument against hybrid cars

A.     Why is it bad?

A.      Environment

·        Environmental Awareness

B.     Limitation

·        Performance

C.     Costs

·        Production outweighing environmental opportunity costs

·        Differences in car costs (MSRP)

    IV.          Pathos

A.     Use of Pros rather than cons

·        Choice of words

·        Appealing to general audience

B.     Emotion

·        Opinions

     V.          Logos

A.     Science

·        Usage of information

B.     Usage of facts

·        Arrangement of logical reasoning to prove point

    VI.          Ethos

A.     Creditability

·        Background on author and/or website

B.     Source where article derives idea from

  VII.          Conclusion

A.     The subtle idea proposed in the article

·        Idea for the future