Did you look at your comments on the Rhetorical Analysis Essays? Questions? Did you look at your comments on the Rhetorical Analysis Essays?

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The Good & The Bad You did well! We need to work on... All of the essays were Analysis Essays! Most of you followed the structure and had clear organization! Several of you were very insightful about the meaning of the texts. Correctly naming the elements Explaining why the author used it Being Specific The Good & The Bad

To understand why an element is used... Think about the three appeals: Ethos--to build/destroy credibility Pathos--to engage the reader emotionally Logos--to support an argument with reason/evidence To understand why an element is used...

Element Reason used Diction: Words that create tone Description Exemplification Comparison/contrast Causal Analysis Analogy Anecdote Narrative Diction: dialect or jargon Used to elicit emotion from the reader Used to back up an argument with reason/evidence Used to build or destroy credibility

To understand why different Syntax is used... Think about the sound: Cadence--to create a rhythm that makes the speech memorable Repetition--to highlight important ideas/add emphasis Juxtaposition--to highlight contrast, create discord, and/or make the reader question relationships To understand why different Syntax is used...

Syntax Reason used Used to create a rhythm/ cadence that makes a sentence or speech memorable Used to provide emphasis /highlight important ideas Used to create juxtaposition/ highlight contrast Parallellism Patterns of short/long sentences Repetitive sentence structure (anaphora, etc) Alliteration Repeated Words/phrases Oppositional structures: Antithesis Chiasmus Paradox/Oxymorons

Its not enough to just say why...BE SPECIFIC to the ESSAY

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Rhetorical Analysis Essay #2 Due Dec 7

Today’s Agenda Read the Released Item together Determine What Rhetorical Elements you will tackle Today’s Agenda

Rhetorical Analysis Outline Rhetorical Introduction TTAG VAP SWBS Thesis defining Tone and/or Rhetorical Devices Body Element 1 claim Evidence (Introduced and cited) Explain how the evidence IS the element you claim it is. Explain how using the element in this way helps achieve the author’s purpose. Element 2 (see above) Element 3  (see above)  Conclusion Revisit your thesis Discuss how effective the piece was in achieving its goals in the period in which it was written, or for the audience that is reading it. Thursday’s Goal--Clear outline Rhetorical Analysis Outline

Peer Edit Introduction Body Are all the parts present? Is it repetitive? How can you streamline it? Is the thesis clear? Body Are there three different claims, in three different paragraphs? Is the Evidence Introduced and cited? Did they explain how all the evidence is the element they claim it is? Did they explain how using the element in this way helps achieve the author’s purpose?  Conclusion Did they revisit their thesis? Did they discuss how effective the piece was in achieving its goals in the period in which it was written, or for the audience that is reading it? Wednesday’s goal (Dec 7) Peer Edit

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