Assess students' ability to evaluate the credibility of sources, identify rhetorical strategies (ethos, pathos, logos), detect common logical fallacies, analyze bias and evidence quality, and judge the overall persuasive effectiveness of op-eds on contemporary controversial social issues (e.g., climate policy, immigration, gun control, racial justice). Tasks include analyzing short op-ed excerpts, annotating claims and supporting evidence, labeling fallacies, comparing rhetorical techniques, and writing a reasoned evaluation supported by textual evidence and criteria for credibility.