Rhetorical Analysis Essay

Your Job: Read between the lines of a text and discuss how the writer expresses himself DO NOT SUMMARIZE Point out what strategies are used effectively to get across point Analyze, explain, point of view

Example Prompt English Language and Composition Section II Total Time – 2 hours Question 1 The passage below is extracted from Booker T. Washington’s most famous speech, known as “The Atlanta Compromise Address.” Washington presented the address to the Cotton States and International Exposition in Read the entire passage carefully. Then write an essay analyzing the rhetorical strategies that Washington uses to convey his point of view.

1 st time you read…. Only read to identify type of essay Underline any directions What words were significant? The passage below is extracted from Booker T. Washington’s most famous speech, known as “The Atlanta Compromise Address.” Washington presented the address to the Cotton States and International Exposition in Read the entire passage carefully. Then write an essay analyzing the rhetorical strategies that Washington uses to convey his point of view. Analyze, rhetorical strategies, point of view Expository = explain; if it doesn’t say take a stand or argue, then always EXPLAIN

2 nd time you read… Circle clues or key elements that you know or need to figure out The passage below is extracted from Booker T. Washington’s most famous speech, known as “The Atlanta Compromise Address.” Washington presented the address to the Cotton States and International Exposition in Read the entire passage carefully. Then write an essay analyzing the rhetorical strategies that Washington uses to convey his point of view. Circle Booker T. Washington, most famous, 1895, Atlanta, audience (Exposition)

Analysis Time! Move with a partner Read the following passage Keep in mind your purpose!

The Analysis What is Washington’s point of view? Is he an angry man demanding change? Is he an outraged man warning of rebellion? Is he a timid man begging indulgence? NO!!!!!! He is an inspirational southern preacher who urges blacks and whites to rally round the same economic flag.

Rhetorical Strategies Used 1.Appeal to sentiment 2.Central image of the bucket; 1 st addressed to the black population and then to the white people (metaphor) 3.Analogy (“there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem) 4.Deductive reasoning

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More Practice… English Language and Composition Section II Total Time – 2 hours Question 1 In 1676, Madame de Sevigne wrote the letter below. Read it carefully; then write an essay in which you identify the writer’s purpose and analyze how she uses language to achieve that purpose. Pay particular attention to organization, point of view, and diction.

Reading the prompt…. What type of essay? Describe your “job.” writer’s purpose, analyze, language, organization, point of view, diction What to circle? -- writer is a woman th century France

Read the letter! -- List at least two, but no more than four, aspects of language used to serve her purpose.

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