Evaluate students' ability to identify and analyze rhetorical strategies (ethos, pathos, logos), persuasive techniques (tone, diction, rhetorical questions, anecdotes), and common logical fallacies (ad hominem, straw man, slippery slope, false dichotomy, hasty generalization) in op-eds and editorials. Assessments will require identifying devices in short excerpts, explaining how they support or weaken claims, evaluating evidence and audience targeting, and a brief comparative analysis of two pieces' persuasive effectiveness.