1. Analyzing the Rhetorical Situation

2. Persona – the writer/speaker of the text. Intention – the purpose, or why, something was written. Genre – the literary type: speech, novel, political article, newspaper ad, etc. Subject – general topic/main idea Audience – group of readers/listeners/viewers the whom the piece is directed. Context – the time and place (setting); the event causing the writing/speech to occur.

3. PIGSAC will help you to discover that a poem, story, essay, speech, or document is carefully structured, creating parameters within which you must work in order to determine meaning. Each student brings a unique perspective to the piece, but conclusions must be supported by the details of the text.

4. Persona – WPA War Services; John McCrady Intention – The intent is to warn people of the affects of discussing the when, where, and how of ship sailings. Genre – Advertisement Subject – World War II efforts Audience – U. S. Citizens Context – New Orleans, LA port of Departure; 1940s. World War II

5. Persona – Intention – Genre – Subject – Audience – Context –

6. Persona –WPA Federal Art Project Intention – The intention was to strengthen awareness of children’s healthcare. Genre – advertisement Subject – Public Health Audience – Parents, teachers Context – United States, 1937

7. On pages 7 and 8 of A Lesson Before Dying, Gaines writes Jefferson’s defense attorney’s closing argument. Use the information provided and your handout to PIGSAC the argument with your 12 o’clock buddy. Make sure to include strong analysis verbs. Due at the bell.

8. If we must die--let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs, Making their mock at our accursed lot. If we must die--oh, let us nobly die, So that our precious blood may not be shed In vain; then even the monsters we defy Shall be constrained to honor us though dead! Oh, Kinsmen! We must meet the common foe; Though far outnumbered, let us show us brave, And for their thousand blows deal one deathblow! What though before us lies the open grave? Like men we'll face the murderous, cowardly pack, Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!