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New! Additional samples! (@ sidebar). These samples are relatively sound. They rely less on sources than I've asked you to; however, they are well-reasoned, clever, and deliver sound, elemental rhetorical analysis. More use of shared rhetorical vocabulary might be additionally helpful, but these are getting after it.

Many of the analyses use a particular rhetorical "lens" -- a key concept from a rhetorical theorist (many use Bakhtin's "heteroglossia") as a tool for focusing analyses of relations regarding the meanings, implications, use values, and cultural uptake of the artifact (in this case, an individual internet meme). 

Finally, my colleague at Penn State, Debra Hawhee pointed me to several brief analyses, which you can access with a Google search "RCL Rhetorical Analysis." Several populate the screen. These seem to me to be sound, however, they are also more like planning documents for the sort of essay you are writing. It may be helpful to see the structure these writers are discovering.