1. How does a speaker achieve purpose?
I can analyze how an author achieves his/her purpose through the rhetorical appeals.
I can write explain how an author supports his/her claim and establishes tone.
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2. Agenda Point of View/Perspective Tone Mini-lesson
Tying it all together – SOAPSTone, Rhetorical Triangle, Rhetorical Appeals, Main Idea/Claims, Inferences, Major/Minor Premise
Reading: Rodriguez, “Achievement of Desire”
Detailed analysis of Rodriguez
Write a Rhetorical Precis for Rodriquez

3. Point of View: The view from which a narrative is told.
1st Person Perspective
Narration is directly related by the speaker/narrator
Uses first person pronouns (I, me, my, we, our)
The effect of utilizing first person point of view is to shows the inner feelings and thinking of the individual.

4. Point of View: The view from which a narrative is told.
2nd Person Perspective
Narration is directed at the reader/audience
Uses second person pronouns (you, your)
This point of view is not very common in writing.
The effect of using this perspectives is to capture readers’ attention and to give an impression of a dialogue between the speaker and readers.

5. Point of View: The view from which a narrative is told.
3rd Person Perspective
Narration is related by an outsider
Uses third person pronouns (he, she, his, her, their)
The effects of this perspective vary by type:
Objective: The narrator is an impersonal recorder or neutral observer relating only the facts or details to the readers.
Limited: The narrators knowledge and insights are limited to a single character .
Omniscient: The narrator has knowledge and insights into all characters – literally means ALL KNOWING! This narrator tells the facts, as well as interpret what is happening, in the story.

6. Perspective
Sometimes, a speaker/author will shift point of views in order to provide a DIFFERENT perspective.
Perspective in a text is aligned with the thoughts and feelings of the narrator (whether it is the speaker, author, or character in a story), filtering the story through the lens of that person’s interpretations.
To understand the purpose of these shifts, It is important to consider the specific stance the narrator has regarding the subject.
This means the reader needs to be aware of bias.

7. Point of View Practice As you view, consider the following:
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As you view, consider the following:
Point of View
Perspective Shifts
Bias

8. Strategic Language Use
Diction: The strategic choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
PURPOSE: The author chooses specific words in order to create a certain effect for the reader (usually to create TONE/MOOD)
Authors often choose words based on their Connotation.
When identifying diction, you should explain the type of words the author has chosen that helps establish the tone or mood.
Example: The author uses expressive diction to create despairing tone.

9. Tone: The attitude of the speaker towards his or her subject.
Strategic Language Use
Tone: The attitude of the speaker towards his or her subject.
The speaker’s perceptions and presentation of the material to the audience.
When describing an author’s tone, be sure to state the tone word and the subject that it relates to:
Example: The author has a despairing tone towards the prospect of death.
To analyze tone/attitude, you will need to do a close reading of the diction.

10. Strategic Language Use
Mood: the atmosphere created by the author to produce the desired emotions in the audience.
“How the AUDIENCE feels”
In rhetorical analysis, mood is directly tied to the speaker’s use of Pathos – it’s the emotion that the emotional appeal creates in the audience!
To analyze mood, identify the tone and consider the speaker’s intent – what does he/she want the audience to feel?
Example: Through his expressive diction and despairing tone about death, the author creates a sense of fear and uncertainty in the audience, contributing to the somber mood.

11. Read Rodriguez
Step 1: Read the remarks by Richard Rodriguez at the “Convocation on Providing Library Service in California’s Twenty-first Century” in Sacramento, CA.
Step 2: Complete SOAPSTone
Step 3: Analyze Point of View
Step 4: Identify the Major and Minor Premises

12. Step 5: Rhetorical Precis Frame
_____________________________, in his/her _____________________, argues that ______________________________________________________.
(author’s first and last name) (type of text) (major premise)
2. He/she supports this claim by first _____________________________________________, then______________________________________________
_______________, then _____________________________________________________, and finally ______________________________________________.
3. ___________________________’s purpose is to ________________________________________________________________________________ (author’s last name) (what the author does in the text)
in order to ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
(what the author wants the audience to do after reading the text)
4. He/she adopts a(n) _________________________ tone for _______________________________.
(intended audience)

13. Unit Connection
How does Rodriguez’s identify influence his understanding of race?