1. RWS 100: Tangoing with Thompson

2. Here’s Clive Thompson.
Hello, Clive.

3. What do we know about him?
What do we know about his book?
How can we find out?
How can we find out what the rhetorical situation is?

4. Rhetorical context refers to the circumstances surrounding any writing situation and includes purpose, audience, and focus.
(thanks, Colorado State)

6. Team One Arco, Alisha Bennett, Ryan Bigornia, Briana Bisla, Jenna
Bradley, Stephanie

7. Team Two Brown, Kaylani Cecchini, Gianna Cossette, John
Espinosa, Audrey
Evans, Jasmine

8. Team Three Fuerte, Paul Gamez, Angelica Heise, Jarod Jauregui, Josue
Jorgensen, Chloe

9. Team Four Kamikawa, Christopher Khajerian, Jessica Macedo, Rigoberto
Nuesca, Blake
Royse, Gregory

10. Team FIVE Sheridan, Brianne Simes, Amber Tornabene, Rosario
Tucker, Sarah
Verkler, Bryan

11. Project: What is the author’s project
Project: What is the author’s project? What is the author’s purpose for writing this text – what change is she trying to affect? Is she trying to provoke action, change someone’s mind, reveal new information….? Who is her audience?
Argument: What is the author’s argument? What is the main point (assertion) the author is making in the text?
Claims: In addition to the main argument, are there other claims (or sub-claims) that the author is making to support their argument? List any/all other claims that you can identify. (Sometimes there might be many different claims in a text while for others there might be only the main argument. Be sure to be specific in your post which is the case.)
Evidence: What type of evidence does the author use to support her claims, and her main argument? You don’t have to list every piece of evidence, but you should list each type of evidence used in the text.
Strategies: What rhetorical strategies does the author use in order to persuade her reader? How is the author trying to persuade her reader: through appeals to emotion/pathos? Logic/logos? Credibility/ethos?

12. Homework:
Read They Say/I Say “Preface” and “Introduction.”