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

2. You Probably Want the Grading Scale...
Based on the AP Rubric
You Probably Want the Grading Scale...

3. 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

4. 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...

5. 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

6. 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...

7. 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

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

9. An EXAMPLE

10. Another Example

11. Revisions Due Friday

12. Rhetorical Analysis Essay #2
Due Dec 7

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

14. 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

15. 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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