1. Rhetoric Recap and Literature Review
Week Two
Rhetoric Recap and Literature Review

2. Lesson Objectives
Review Reading Rhetorically and Rhetorical Situations
Discuss Burke’s Metaphor of the Parlor
Literature Review
Prepare for Brief Assignment Two

3. Reading Rhetorically What is rhetoric? What is reading?
What does it mean to read rhetorically?
(First-Year 4)

4. Author’s vs. Reader’s Purpose
Designs for the reader (First-Year 18-20)
Writes to Intended Audience
Specific genre
Major themes
Evidence
What do I expect from this reading?
Who is the audience? Am I part?
How does form inform my reading?
Identify major themes.
Identify and evaluate

5. Rhetorical Situations
Effects (Appeals) vs. Causes (Choices)

6. Burke’s Parlor Read Burke’s metaphor (First-Year 7).
Answer Question One in your notes.
How does this metaphor relate to the literature review?

7. Lit. Review: Key Points from Assignment Page
“[… A] literature review is not the same thing as an academic research paper.”
Research paper: Sources support the author’s argument or position about a topic. The tone is academically subjective.
“A literature review is written to summarize and synthesize other people’s ideas and perspectives about a topic.” The tone is academically objective.
“A thesis statement for a literature review must have as its subject the literature.”

8. Homework Wednesday*: St. Martin’s: 12e, “Synthesizing Sources”
First-Year: Chapter 3
First-Year: Student samples, 583-5
Bring 2 copies of Brief Assignment 2
* For both section .001 and .008