Opening paragraph: Introduce the event, speech, controversy, message, or idea you want to examine.
Your first section heading
Explain the rhetoric, symbols, assumptions, framing, emotional appeals, or social meaning involved.
Your second section heading
Connect the example to communication theory, philosophy, sociology, media literacy, or your own interpretation.
What readers should understand
Conclude by explaining why the analysis matters and what a more truthful or constructive understanding might look like.