Assess students' ability to identify and analyze rhetorical strategies (ethos, pathos, logos, structure, stylistic devices), recognize common logical fallacies (ad hominem, straw man, false cause, slippery slope, hasty generalization), and evaluate source credibility (author expertise, evidence quality, bias, publication context, corroboration) across persuasive texts and media—including editorials, advertisements, speeches, and social media posts—using short analytical responses, fallacy identification, credibility ratings with justification, and comparative argument evaluation.